Messi scored a brilliant goal midway through the second half
Barcelona went into the Copa del Rey and cruised to their first trophy in 2020-21. Messi scores an electrifying goal, leading the team to victory.
In the Spanish Super Bowl held in January, Athletic won in extra-time. Barcelona took their revenge and defeated Athletic Bilbao by a score of 4-0 in Saturday’s 2020-21 Copa del Rey Final.
After the strikes from Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong had put Catalans in charge, Lionel Messi came into action. He scored a brilliant goal in the second half of the match.
Messi along with De Jong scored quite an incredible goal.
Inside his own half Messi took the ball and ran towards Athletic’ s goal.
Then just after four minutes, Messi scores again!
His unbeatable performance led the team towards a crushing 4-0 victory.
The Argentine legend has now scored more than 30 goals in all the competitions, in 13 consecutive seasons.
It was the seventh time that he had won this tournament.
Now Messi has 58 career goals in the tournament. He also owns seven Copa del Rey titles.
There was a time when Barca’s all-time top scorer tried to leave last year. He had a terrible falling out with then-president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
“Leo is the best player in the world and has a very strong bond with the club. I’m convinced he wants to stay and we’ll do everything in our hands to make sure he does,” Laporta told reporters.
“Today he could see he is backed up by a great team who are capable of playing beautiful football.”
Although Messi gave no hints about his future but he is thrilled to rejoin the race for the La Liga title alongside leaders Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.
It is really a privilege to see him play football, that to from past 17 years. It’s going to be a very sad day when he calls for retirement.
