The
championship match yesterday between Barcelona and Dortmund at the Camp Nou was
historic for Messi, making his 700th appearance for Barcelona and also created
a new record in champions league history by scoring a goal. Messi, netted his
613th goal for Barca, currently, he has scored against 34 different teams in
the European champions league tournament - more than any other player in the history
of the tournament.
Base
on the result of the matches played across Europe yesterday, FC Barcelona have
booked a top spot to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages after
defeating Borussia Dortmund in a 3-1 victory where Messi netted a goal and also
gave assists for other two goals.
Suarez,
the Uruguayan international, open the scoring sheet for the host team in 29th
minute after having a goal cancel earlier by VAR for offside. The goal came in
play from brilliance pass from Messi.
Four
minutes later, Suarez returned the favor as he set up a goal for Messi, who
scored his second Champions League and overall 10th goal of the 2019-20
season.
On
account of a splendid pass from Messi, Antoine Griezmann figured out how to
stretch out the Catalans' lead to 3-0 in the 67th moment. It was a significant
lift for the previous Atletico Madrid player, who had not scored in his past
six appearances for the club. That additionally put Messi on record of 236th
assist for the Spanish goliaths.
Barcelona
team, five-time champions created an astounding performance and guaranteed
Barca stayed on the highest point of Group F with 11 points from five matches
in front of second-put Inter Milan and Dortmund with seven each with Slavia
Praha at the base with just two points.
Meanwhile,
at the earlier minute of the game, it was an unfortunate event for French international
Dembele, who suffered a thighs injury and Valverde wasted no time to bring in
Griezmann in his replacement.
LATEST NEWS❗️ @Dembouz has a right thigh injury. He will undergo testing to determine the exact extent of the injury. #BarçaBVB pic.twitter.com/eCublctRHN— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 27, 2019
At
end of the match on Wednesday, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Barcelona goalkeeper who
made some brilliance save was interview by the UEFA journalist, he wasted no
time to shower praise on Messi as he stated,
"700 matches for Barcelona is not normal and neither is what Messi did on the pitch.""We played some good football tonight. We managed to score the first goal, which was what we intended. We hope we will be able to prove in the last group stage match that we deserve to lead the section. 700 matches for Barcelona is not normal and neither is what [Messi] did on the pitch. He is simply the best footballer in the world," Ter Stegen added.
Some
of the football fans reactions on social media;
⭐ A NEW RECORD for Leo #Messi ⭐— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 27, 2019
⚽ against 3️⃣4️⃣ different teams!
🔥The MOST EVER in the UEFA @ChampionsLeague!🔥 pic.twitter.com/PeC7oMV3bD
although I am rooting for Real Madrid, but Messi is the best player in the world— Ahmed Reda (@_Ahmed_Reda__) November 27, 2019
Messi#Messi pic.twitter.com/O29MoKiIxq
The man's a better goal scorer then Ronaldo and can do things like this aswell. Find me Ronaldo making a run and assist like this. You can't. This man does this weekly. Perfection #MESSI pic.twitter.com/EJyJ9fBEKo— Sam Richardson (@SamUTB27901) November 28, 2019
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