Barcelona 1-0 Levante: Lionel Messi marks the victory at the Camp Nou



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Levante arrived at Camp Nou undefeated in their previous six games
Barcelona, ​​who have two games in hand, are nine points behind leader Real Sociedad

Lionel Messi scored the only goal when Barcelona returned to winning ways with victory over Levante.

Martin Braithwaite, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba and Antoine Griezmann had chances, but found goalkeeper Aitor Fernández in inspired form.

But Fernandez was able to do little when Messi struck from an angle after the assist from Frenkie de Jong.

Levante’s best chance fell to Jorge de Frutos, while Marc-Andre ter Stegen denied substitute Son right at the end.

Barça’s fifth victory in the league lifts them two places in the La Liga table to eighth before Wednesday’s home game with leaders Real Sociedad (20:00 GMT).

Messi’s end was greeted with relief by his teammates after a bad week for Ronald Koeman’s team.

They followed a surprise defeat in Cádiz last weekend with a 3-0 backhand at home to Juventus in the Champions League.

That loss to Juve means that Barcelona will be seeded when the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League takes place on Monday.

On Sunday, Levante was heading to a point after Fernández made a series of good saves.

He did well to push Griezmann’s header away before Lenglet threw a great opportunity over the bar.

Messi scored for the eighth time this season, to put Levante 18th in the table, two points behind safety.

Lineups

Barcelona

  • 1ter Stegen
  • 2Dest
  • 4Araujo
  • fifteenLenglet
  • 18Sunrise
  • 5BusquetsReplaced forGonzalezto 58 ‘minutes
  • twenty-oneby JongReserved at 49 minutes
  • 7GriezmannReplaced forUmtitito 89 ‘minutes
  • 14CoutinhoReplaced forTrincão Axto 70 ‘minutes
  • 9BraithwaiteBooked in 87mins
  • 10Messi

Substitutes

  • 6Alena
  • 8Pjanic
  • 12Puig
  • 13Murara Net
  • sixteenGonzalez
  • 17Trincão Ax
  • 19Fernandes Siqueira
  • 2. 3Umtiti
  • 24Firpo
  • 26Pain
  • 28Mingueza
  • 29From the source

I raised

  • 13Fernandez
  • 2. 3Andujar MorenoReplaced forMiramonto 68 ‘minutes
  • fifteenShutter
  • 14Nunes Vezo
  • 19Clerc
  • 18of fruitsReplaced forgentlemanto 82 ‘minutes
  • 17VukcevicReserved at 42 minutesReplaced forRadojato 68 ‘minutes
  • 12Malsa
  • 22MeleroReplaced forLionto 82 ‘minutes
  • twenty-oneGomez Alcon
  • 9MartiReplaced forMoralesto 68 ‘minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Ruiz Ojeda
  • 2gentleman
  • 3Garcia Aranda
  • 4Suarez Pier
  • 5Radoja
  • 6Duarte
  • 7Lion
  • elevenMorales
  • sixteenRochina
  • twentyMiramon
  • 3. 4Cardenas

Referee:
Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

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