Lionel Messi creates Barcelona history again amid disappointing results

Barcelona had one more poor recreation in opposition to Cadiz final weekend nonetheless, Lionel Messi was nonetheless in a position to break one more document for the membership. Along with his look in opposition to Cadiz, Messi grew to become the participant to take advantage of variety of appearances for Barcelona within the high tier of the Spanish league. The document was beforehand held by Catalan legend, Xavi Hernandez however he has now been overtaken by the most effective on the earth.

In his illustrious 17 12 months profession with Barcelona, Xavi managed to make 506 appearances within the La Liga however the Argentine legend broke that document after his look within the match in opposition to Cadiz. Xavi nonetheless holds the document for many appearances for Barcelona in all competitions however Messi is closing in on that as nicely. The Spaniard boasts 767 all-time appearances whereas Messi is on 761, simply seven video games away from breaking the document and cementing himself additional in Barcelona’s historical past.

The match, nonetheless, didn’t go as deliberate and the Catalans dropped factors and have been thus unable to capitalize on Atletico Madrid dropping factors. The Membership could be again into the title race had they managed to achieve all three factors however they might solely handle a draw courtesy of a Messi penalty. His purpose takes his tally within the league to 16, similar as his previous teammate Luis Suarez.

These private deserves nonetheless imply little to the 33-year-old who proclaimed that he would moderately win a trophy with Barcelona than get one other particular person award. It doesn’t look probably that they’ll win a trophy this season, nonetheless, because the workforce is already 4-1 down in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain within the UEFA Champions League and can be 2-0 down in opposition to Sevilla within the Copa del Rey.

Ought to the workforce proceed to carry out like this, the legend will depart the membership on the finish of the season. His future is anyway up for hypothesis however Barcelona aren’t doing themselves a favor by throwing away video games like this. Messi is a aggressive participant who desires to win each trophy out there and Barcelona are not the elite workforce who can carry out like they used to.

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