Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has turn into the primary participant within the historical past of La Liga to report 20 objectives and 20 assists in a single season. He achieved the feat towards Actual Valladolid on Saturday (native time) as Barcelona defeated them 1-0. Messi can also be the primary participant to achieve 20 assists in a La Liga season since former team-mate Xavi in 2008-09, Aim.com reported. Within the match towards Valladolid, Messi offered an help to Vidal, which ended up offering Barcelona a match-winning purpose.
The 33-year-old Messi is just the second participant to realize that feat in Europe’s prime 5 leagues this century.
He’s the second participant after Thierry Henry to realize the feat because the Frenchman had scored 24 objectives and contributed 20 assists for Arsenal throughout the 2002-03 Premier League season.
Messi presently has 22 objectives within the ongoing La Liga season and is 4 objectives forward of Actual Madrid’s Karim Benzema.
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With this 1-Zero win over Valladolid, Barcelona have reached 79 factors within the La Liga standings and is now only one level away from table-toppers Real Madrid.
Barcelona will subsequent face Osasuna on Thursday, July 17.
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