Barcelona drew 2-2 at home against Valencia, suffering a further slowdown in the aspirations to fight for the title in the Spanish League, this Saturday, the 14th day, in which Lionel Messi could at least score and to match a mythical Pele’s record.
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The Albiceleste star has reached the myth of Brazilian football as a player with the most goals scored with the colors of the same club in official matches. Both now have 643 and Messi will soon exceed this amount, to set a new record.
Rosario’s goal came in reducing the first half.
After seeing Jaume Domenech stop him from a penalty (45 + 4), Messi then managed to take advantage of a cross to score with a header and equalized the record.
This balanced the match, after the Frenchman Mouctar Diakhaby overtook Valencia in 29.
Barça provisionally watched the match from 52, with a strong volley from the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo, but also the Uruguayan Maxi Gómez signed the final 2-2 for Valencia, putting his foot in the area, before the defender Óscar Mingueza, to defeat Barça’s goal.
After chaining two victories in their last league matches, against Levante and Real Sociedad, Barça is slowing down its reaction.
With 21 points, Barcelona is still in fifth place, but is eight points behind the leader, Atlético de Madrid, who defeated Elche (15) 3-1 on Saturday in the first game.
The “colchonero” team also has a less disputed match than the Catalan team.
Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, with a double, was the protagonist at Metropolitano after a period of drought.
Suárez reached Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) and Iago Aspas (Celta) at the top of the scoreboard, with seven goals, thanks to their two goals.
First he finished with a right cross from the ground by the Englishman Kieran Trippier (41), and then another pass from the Belgian Yannick Carrasco in the far goal (59), to give Atlético victory.
Argentine Lucas Boyé narrowed the gap when he headed a corner kick (64), and then the Spaniard-Brazilian Diego Costa, in