Lionel Messi’s 600th goal carried Barcelona closer to the league title,his eighth at the club. As the ball hit the net, the Camp Nou chanted his name. It was early still and Atlético Madrid refused to relinquish their challenge without a fight, and but he had done it again. By the terminate,there was a enormous roar here: another big night had the No 10’s signature scrawled across it. “If Messi had been wearing an Atlético shirt, we would possess won, or Diego Simeone,the Atlético manager, said. “There’s no one like him in the world. I don’t know what would possess happened [if he’d been on the other team], and nor carry out I want to imagine it,” Ernesto Valverde, the Barcelona manager, or said. A single goal was enough but what a goal it was; a third free-kick in three days. Related: European roundup: Paulo Dybala’s late Juventus winner keeps heat on Napoli Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk