Lionel Messi Performs Brilliantly, Barcelona Team Wins
Lionel Messi performs brilliantly, Barcelona team wins. Thanks to a strong performance by Lionel Messi, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 2–1 in the Spanish League La Liga.
Messi’s 650th goal for Barcelona. Antoine Griezmann also scored for Barcelona. At the same time, Jordi Alba opened the athletic account with a suicide goal.
Barcelona has now come in second place for the first time this season. Real Madrid also has 40 points, but they lag behind in the goal average.
Lionel Messi performs brilliantly: Atletico is on top, beating Cadiz 4–2. Earlier, the Spanish newspaper ‘El Mundo’ reported that Messi’s agreement with Barcelona was around 555 million euros (about Rs 4911 crore).
The club, surrounded by debt and political turmoil, has however denied any involvement in the revelation.
Liverpool won by two goals of advice
With two goals from in-form Muhammad Salah, Liverpool beat Westham 3–1 to set the alarm bell for Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL).
Salah never craved for goals in EPL for so long. The return of form to Salah, the highest goalscorer for the previous champions, is not good news for top-ranked Manchester City.
Liverpool is now three points behind City by four points. In the score table, they beat Leicester, who were beaten 3–1 by Leeds.
Salah did not score a single goal in six matches of the league and this happened only once in February 2019 after joining the club in 2017.
Salah scored goals in the 57th and 68th minutes, while Georginio scored the third goal in the 84th minute. The only goal for Westham was scored by Craig Dawson in the 84th minute.
Tottenham lost without Kane
Tottenham’s team, who went down without injured striker Harry Kane, were beaten 1–0 by Brighton in the EPL, leaving Jose Mourinho’s side now six points behind the top four.
Leandro Tossard scored in the 17th minute for Brighton. Kane is out of the team due to injury to both ankles. He was replaced by Gareth Bell, but could not do anything amazing.
Former Barcelona forward Justo Tejada passed away
Barcelona: Former FC Barcelona and FC Real Madrid forward Justo Tejada have died at the age of 88. Born on 6 January 1933 in Barcelona, Tejada played a total of eight seasons for the FC Barcelona first team (1953 to 1961).
During those eight years, Tejada played 194 matches and scored 92 goals. With the club, he won two league championships, two Copa del Rey and two Fair Cups.
After Barcelona, he played in Real Madrid for two seasons (1961–63) and two seasons for Espanyol (1963–65). Tejada was one of the footballers who played the first match on 24 September 1957 at Camp now.
He assisted Yulio Maí Tonnage to score the first goal in the history of the stadium. He won two La Liga titles and a Copa de España while playing for Real Madrid. He also played international football for Spain.
