Messi presses for the fifth doublet of his career

After winning the Cup, the Argentine leads Barça's victory against Getafe with two goals and continues to pressure Atlético for the League

Still with the unknown whether this season will be the last of Leo Messi wearing the Barcelona shirt, there is a question that does not admit doubt with the Argentine: he has between eyebrows to close the course with the largest number of titles possible after 2020 for to forget. Already without the possibility of the Champions League, last Saturday Messi rounded the 0-4 to Athletic with two goals to add his seventh Cup. When the League's turn came, the '10' dispatched Getafe with another two goals that keep Barça with all the options to champion. It would mean the eleventh garter belt for Messi and would complete the fifth double of his career.

The Barça captain jumped to the Camp Nou determined to end the match on the fast track. It didn't take him five minutes to set off Getafe's alarms, just eight to open the scoring. He gave the first warning with a whip from the front that slammed into the crossbar and bounced over the same goal line before spitting out. Shortly after, Messi thanked a surgical assistance - a low pass from his field behind the centrals - from Busquets to beat David Soria with a cross shot in hand-to-hand.

The local joy was short-lived because Mingueza was injured immediately with a bad gesture on his right knee that foreshadowed the worst and that led the central defender to leave the field with a pale face from fright. As Koeman decided to change the squad, Getafe took advantage of his absence to tie with a rise from Cucurella on the left. The center of the left-handed winger, so powerful that Ángel could not finish it off with precision, bounced off Lenglet's hand with the misfortune that ended in his own goal.

5Barcelona

Ter Stegen, Mingueza (Umtiti, min. 75), Piqué (Araujo, min. 46), Lenglet (Ilaix Moriba, min. 46), Sergi Roberto (Trincao, min. 46), De Jong, Busquets, Pedri, Jordi Alba , Messi y Griezmann.

2Getafe

Soria, Damián, Djené, Chakla, Chema (Josete, min. 76), Iglesias, Maksimovic (Arambarri, min. 46), Aleñá (Abdulai, min. 46), Cucurella (Akurugu, min. 46), Kubo and Ángel ( Ünal, min. 63).

Goles:

1-0: min. 8, Messi. 1-1: min. 12, Lenglet, own goal. 2-1: min. 28, Chakla, own door. 3-1: min. 34, Messi. 3-2: min. 69, Ünal, from a penalty. 4-2: min. 87, Araujo. 5-2: min. 93, Griezmann, from a penalty.

Referee:

Figueroa Vázquez (Andalusian). He admonished Lenglet and Araujo.

Incidents:

Match of the 31st day of the League played at the Camp Nou, behind closed doors.

Finally, Mingueza was able to continue without problems. Messi went around 2-1 with a shot from the front that went high after a combination with Alba, although beyond that occasion Barça's dominance did not translate into danger for David Soria. However, Barcelona's second came before half an hour, the result of a communication error between Chakla and Soria himself. The center-back sought the transfer to his goalkeeper, but he had already left his goal, so the back pass ended inevitably in an own goal.

Five minutes after the 2-1, Messi signed what seemed like the sentence with his twenty-fifth goal in this league. After a poor clearance by Maksimovic, Lenglet headed the ball back into the area. There was the Argentine, who volleyed with the right, running into the post and then scraping the rejection without an angle, a shot with more difficulty than it appeared.