Barcelona Beat Huesca When Messi Makes 500 La Liga Matches

Lionel Messi (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Barcelona beat Huesca's caretaker team by a narrow score of 1-0 when Lionel Messi reached the 500-match milestone in the highest caste of the Spanish League in a match at El Alcoraz, Sunday local time (Monday WIB).

Messi adorned his monumental score by providing an assist for Barcelona's winning goal scored by Frenkie de Jong in the 27th minute.

La Pulga brushed the left flank of Barcelona's attack before unleashing a measured cross which De Jong finished with a header to nock the ball into the bottom corner.

Messi himself actually had the opportunity to color his 500th match with a goal in the ninth minute, unfortunately his volley was off target.

Then in the 41st minute, Messi got the opportunity to score a goal with a typical free kick, unfortunately his kick ball which had just entered the goal was pushed over by goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez.

Fernandez made another save in the 68th minute, to prevent Messi from scoring with a bow at the near post area.

Apart from Messi, it seems that his Barcelona colleagues are far from the best performance level, the streak they are facing is only the caretaker team so that the 1-0 lead turns into a victory at the end of the match.

😍 Centro de #Messi ➡ Gol de @ DeJongFrenkie21 ⚽🔥 pic.twitter.com/VLpwqgchfI

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 3, 2021

The victory made Barcelona rise back to fifth in the standings with a collection of 28 points, while Huesca (12) remained sticky as caretaker, according to the official Spanish League page.

Barcelona are just grazing again on Saturday, January 9 this weekend when they visit Granada headquarters for the 18th round of the Spanish League.

Meanwhile, Huesca appeared early on Thursday, January 7 in the third round of the Copa del Rey by visiting the headquarters of third-tier Alcoyano, before hosting Real Betis four days later.

⏰ ¡Final del partido! ⚔ # HuescaBarça (0-1) ⚽ @ DeJongFrenkie21 🔵🔴 # ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/qIsge5LY53

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 3, 2021