Lionel Messi has scored many goals. Furthermore, no group has permitted a greater amount of them than Atletico Madrid. The Barcelona forward will get an opportunity to add to his impressive count of 26 vocation goals against Atletico on Sunday, when a triumph at the Vicente Calderon Stadium could propel the safeguarding champions of Real Madrid without precedent for months Barcelona is just a single point behind Madrid, however the Spanish league leaders still have a game close by and confront Villarreal later Sunday. “There’s still a lot of league left, but we can’t falter anymore,” Barcelona defender Jordi Alba said. “We are alive and we are convinced that if we keep doing things right the way, we will have a chance to win the title.”
Messi is on average with an objective goal for every game in all competitions and has scored 34 times this season. One of those came against Atletico in this year’s Copa del Rey.
On the off chance that Barcelona beats fourth-put Atletico, Messi will procure his 400th profession triumph with the Catalan club. He has 399 wins, 64 losses and 102 draws in all competitions since his official introduction in 2004.
Barcelona has been struggling as of late, however, falling off an embarrassing 4-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and a lackluster 2-1 win over transfer undermined Leganes at Camp Nou last Sunday, when Messi scored twice, including a 90th-minute victor after a controversial punishment. “We know it’s going to be a tough match,” Atletico Madrid left back Filipe Luis said. “But we are going through a good moment. We have confidence.”
The 29-year-old Argentina chief has not gone two consecutive games without scoring since early September, and is the league’s driving scorer with 19 goals – one more than partner Luis Suarez. He has scored 10 times in his last nine league games, and has 11 goals in 14 matches by and large in 2017.
