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Barcelona beat Gimnastic de Tarragona in a friendly match. Interestingly, Lionel Messi played and yielded to avoid taking penalties.
Barcelona face Gimnastic at the Johan Cruyff Stadium on Sunday morning (9/13/2020) WIB. This will be Ronald Koeman’s debut game since he was appointed Blaugrana coach.
Barcelona won 3-1, Barcelona’s goals were scored by Ousmane Dembélé and Antoine Griezmann’s penalty in the first half, and Philippe Coutinho in the second, which was also from the penalty spot. Javi Bonilla scored the return goal for the visitors.
Reporting from Brand, Lionel Messi was played as a starter in the match. He played from the first minutes to the end of the first half, in addition to holding the captain’s armband on his arm again.
Lionel Messi plays to fill the spearhead in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Interestingly, in the first half, when Barcelona won a penalty in the 17th minute, Lionel Messi did not take it.
In the match recording, Lionel Messi approached Antoine Griezmann. Messi seemed to whisper something that Griezmann understood immediately. The French player immediately became an executioner and finished him off with a soft kick ripping the net.
 Antoine Griezmann was in charge of completing a penalty from Messi (Getty Images / David Ramos) |
Of course, this is a question. Supposedly the task of making 12 forehand shots is Lionel Messi’s job.
It could be that Messi gives in to Griezmann so that the player continues to gain confidence. Or maybe, Messi gave in because it was just a preparation match.
Even so, Lionel Messi’s appearance remained neat in the game. He himself is definitely a mainstay in Spanish league 2020/2021 season.
 Lionel Messi, who had wanted to leave Barcelona and finally chose to stay another season Photo: (Getty Images / David Ramos) |
Barcelona will sail the first week of the Spanish League against Villareal on Sunday (9/27) with a place yet to be determined.
(aff / krs)
