Watch: Valencia Keeper Diego Alves Shakes Hand With Messi Despite Conceding Penalty

Mar 22, 2017 at 12:13 PM

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Watch: Valencia Keeper Diego Alves Shakes Hand With Messi Despite Conceding Penalty

Leo Messi hit a brace as Barcelona beat Valencia last weekend.

It was a hard fought win for the Catalans, who only managed to put the game to bed in the final stages despite playing the entire second half with a man advantage following Mangala’s sending off for Valencia.

Messi is now playing in a new position for Barca – more withdrawn from the attacking line, sort of like a number 10.

There’s been an adapting process in recent weeks, but the Argentine managed to find his rhythm on Sunday, scoring two goals in the 4-2 win.

The first of which was a penalty. Messi hasn’t always been the most prolific from the penalty spot; indeed it’s his one weak spot.

But he managed to beat penalty specialist Diego Alves by sticking his penalty right down the middle. And there was a nice moment between the pair afterwards, as Alves congratulated Messi on his spot kick.

Barcelona’s Sunday night victory over Valencia saw Lionel Messi reach yet another milestone, this time scoring his 100th brace for the club.

Given that he hasn’t even reached his 30th birthday, which he will do this June, it is an even more impressive achievement.

Sevilla are the team to have suffered the most from the Argentine’s doubles, having conceded twice in one match to Messi on six occasions, while Atletico Madrid have done so four times.

As for which competitions he has scored his braces, 70 of them have come in LaLiga, 19 in the Champions League, eight in the Copa del Rey and one in each of the UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de Espana and Club World Cup.

For Messi, his two-goal performance against Valencia was the perfect way to put a couple of quiet showings behind him, having been ineffective against Deportivo La Coruna and having been good but not great in the Paris Saint-Germain comeback.

The goals also moved him onto 25 league goals for the season and further clear in the race for the Pichichi and European Golden Boot.

 

 

 

 

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