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The Catalan club is left without a record of three consecutive victories and out of the G4 that leads to the next Champions League
Facing Valencia has never been an easy task for Barcelona, although the Catalans have presented themselves with great favor in the games held this century. Inside the Camp Nou, the expectation is always a positive result. However, this 20-21 Barça, in an obvious preseason, is far from delivering the happiness it gave its fans years ago. The match valid for the 14th day of the Spanish league ended in a 2-2 draw, with a bitter taste due to the lack of victory in another historic day for Lionel Messi.
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The Argentinian inflated the networks, taking advantage of a rebound from a penalty missed by himself, to equalize the result and, within the European narrative, equalize Pelé as the player with the most goals for a single club: Messi now has 643 for Barcelona , The same number of official attempts that the King accumulated wearing the Santos jersey. Pelé, however, scored 1091 goals for Peixe, at a time when friendlies and unofficial tournaments were of enormous importance in the context of football in a world that was not as globalized as the one we live in today.
If the cold eye points out that Messi equaled this Pele record, a historical context shows that he is not. This, of course, is not a demerit for the Barcelona player. Suffice it to say that Messi is the top scorer for a single club in the modern era of football – and make no mistake if, in a good couple of decades, someone seems to undermine the Argentine’s achievements, downplaying the most fragile rivals he faces. Barça in Spain.
What is unquestionable is Messi’s place in football history and that he no longer wants to stay at Barcelona. It is also for this last part that each new goal of the club’s shirt 10 already gains special contours. This Barcelona coached by Koeman has a campaign well below its capabilities in La Liga: the new draw took the Catalans to 21 points, with the team occupying fifth position, eight points behind the leader Atlético de Madrid and without being in the belt that guarantees you a place in the next Champions League.
When he entered the field this Saturday (19), Barça had the opportunity, for the first time this season, to add the third consecutive victory in this Spanish league. Again, it did not happen. After the 2-2, coach Ronaldo Koeman criticized the lack of concentration of his players. The lament was, of course, greater than the joy for the brand of its main protagonist.
“We made the change, but we had to be more focused. We had occasions, but we were not focused on some actions ”, he evaluated. “We played an irregular game, we lost balls in areas that were dangerous.”
The praise for Messi’s modern brand, which under the European gaze would have been even greater in the event of victory, was relegated to a simple and obvious record amid another result less than expected for this Barcelona.
“We know that his track record is impressive. It’s very big, ”said the Dutchman about his 10 jersey.
