* Scoring: Messi 8′, 33′, Chakla’s own goal 28′, Araujo’s 87′, Griezmann’s 90’+3 – Lenglet’s own goal 12′, Unal’s 69′.
Messi is in his best form since 2012 – the peak year of his career.
In the fourth minute, Messi kicked close to the 16m50 line and hit the crossbar of Getafe’s goal.
Clement Lenglet’s own goal in the 12th minute did not dampen Messi’s playing spirit.
Messi’s sublime evening continued five minutes later, when he ran into the goal.
Shooting five times and scoring two goals in just 33 minutes, Messi scored his 22nd goal since the beginning of 2021. This performance is reminiscent of the peak year of 2012, when the Argentine superstar scored 91 goals in the calendar year.
Messi in the phase to increase the score to 3-1.
Besides scoring goals, Messi also provides excellent assists.
The successful header helped Araujo forget his mistake midway through the second half.
In the third minute of injury time, Messi had a chance to complete his hat-trick when Barca was awarded a penalty.
The harmony between Messi and Griezmann is another good sign for Barca.
Getafe once defeated Barca in phase one, but that was when Messi’s performance declined due to problems related to his future.
Thanks to Messi, Barca shortened the gap with the two Madrid teams ranked above to five and two points, but still has one match left.
Squad
Barca: Ter Stegen, Mingueza (Umtiti 75′), Pique (Moriba 46′), Lenglet (Araujo 46′), Alba, De Jong, Busquets, Roberto (Trincao 64′), Pedri, Messi, Griezmann.
Getafe: Soria, Iglesias, Dakonam, Chakla, Rodriguez (Miranda 76′), Maksimovic (Arambarri 46′), Alena (Abdulai 46′), Suarez, Cucurella (Koffi 46′), Kubo, Angel (Unal 46′).
