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Barcelona facing an important match this weekend, the final Copa del Rey. The captain Lionel Messi also shows a new face that is fresher, without a beard.
Barcelona met Athletic Bilbao at the Estadio del La Cartuja on Sunday (18/4/2021). This is Barcelona’s chance to win one of the two trophies that may be won by them besides LaLiga.
It is certain that the Copa del Rey trophy has a greater chance of being won than LaLiga, because it has to compete with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid who are in the top two. Barcelona is currently stuck in third place in the standings with 65 points, one point difference from Madrid and two points from Atletico.
Now, to face Bilbao, who had beaten them in the Spanish Super Cup final earlier this year, Barcelona also made careful preparations. They know the quality of the team that Marcelino Garcia Toral takes care of.
One of the players who are of course expected to look good for him Barcelona is Messi. Yes, the man from Argentina did have a good record when he appeared in the final, namely 29 goals and 13 assists from 30 games.
While the statistics against Bilbao, Messi is also okay with 27 goals and nine assists from 40 appearances. Therefore, Messi will be very reliable and he also knows what to do.
In order to refresh his appearance, Messi turned out to have shaved off the beard that had been covering his face. Messi is indeed long enough to let fine hair grow on his face.
Messi, who looks younger, then makes Barcelona fans enthusiastic about playing. Because, this is reminiscent of the 2015 Copa del Rey final, when he appeared with a clean face from a beard, against Bilbao.
Barcelona won 3-1 through two goals from Messi and Neymar, while Bilbao could only reply through Inaki Williams. Messi scored a sweet opener in the 20th minute, as he passed four Bilbao players from the right and then thumped at the post near the Bilbao goal.
Will Lionel Messi can repeat its slick performance again at the same time carrying Barcelona champion? We’ll just wait.
(mrp / krs)
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