Barcelona goal party at the headquarters of Real Betis with a score of 4-1 at Benito Villamarin Stadium, in the Spanish League advanced match 2018/2019, Sunday (17/3).
Lionel Messi successfully packed a hat trick from four goals from Barcelona to the Betis goal. Another goal was scored by Luis Suarez.
The hosts had provided fierce resistance at the start of the first half. They even often threaten the squad defense made by Ernesto Valverde.
Barcelona immediately step on the gas at the start of the first half. They immediately pressed into the home team’s defense. The match hasn’t been even 10 minutes, Barcelona got their first corner in the match this time. The attack on the Blaugrana squad continued to attack. Ivan Rikitic, who became the motorbike for the Barcelona attack several times paved the way for his colleagues to enter the Real Betis penalty area.
Barcelona are still able to get out of pressure. In fact, Lionel Messi again became a differentiator for the Blaugrana. He successfully opened Barca’s victory through a very good free kick in front of the penalty box in the 18th minute. Messi kicked the ball into the goal in the upper right corner and was unable to reach by Betis goalkeeper, Pau Lopez.
At the end of the first half, Messi again broke into Lopez’s goal. His goal this time was thanks to an assist from Gerard Pique.
Entering the second half, it was the turn of Suarez who scored the ball into Betis’s goal using an assist from Ivan Rakitic in the 63rd minute. The former Liverpool player scored the ball with his right foot that pointed right at the opponent’s goal.
Betis then narrowed the gap to 1-3 thanks to goals from Loren Moron using assists from Diego Lainez.
In the remaining five minutes of normal time, Messi scored again and ensured a hat trick in the match. No more goals were created, Barcelona ended the match with a 4-1 win over Real Betis in Spanish La Liga. That big victory also happened thanks to Messi’s hat trick.
Barcelona’s success in gaining full points at Real Betis’ headquarters makes them now more firmly perched atop the Spanish League standings 2018-2019. This condition was positively welcomed by Barcelona’s superstar Lionel Messi. According to him, this result is very important in order to keep Barcelona’s hopes of coming out as champions in the event.
This victory also made Barcelona further away its superiority over Atletico Madrid, who was second. Ernesto Valverde’s side are now 10 points ahead of Ateltico. This happened because Atletico was unable to reach even one point in the 28th week of the Spanish League. Antoine Griezmann conceded 0-2 at Athletic Bilbao headquarters.
