Sevilla have one of the Primera Division's best hjemmebaner, and FC Barcelona had it tough on Saturday, but the masters has an x-factor like few others.
the Two times the team was behind, but almost single-handedly turned the Lionel Messi the battle, and with a hat trick and an assist, he arranged for the three points with a victory of 4-2.
With the win pulls Barcelona from the top. The masters are respectively 10 and 12 points ahead of Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, which, however, both have a match in hand.
the Guests from Catalonia had it hard in the first half in Seville, and the offensive stars seemed somewhat uninspired.
at the same time supplied the defensive a really bad bet, and it utilized Sevilla a few times.
Midway through the first half, threw Lionel Messi the ball away on the edge of the Sevilla box. From here started the home team with a perfectly executed kontrastød, as Jesus Navas kicked the nice check at the end.
A initially, let Messi took revenge a few minutes later. From small 15-meter distance helflugtede he with the rail a tværaflevering in the box up in the corner.
But it was not a club in sync, which was arrived at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Andalusia.
Three minutes before the break the ball was not cleared properly from the Barcelona field.
While Samuel Umtiti hung and lifted the offside, used Gerard Piqué the time and its focus on waving for offside. It left Gabriel Mercado completely free in the box to be able to bring the home team at 2-1.
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After the break was Barcelona rallied a heavier pressure against Sevilla-the goal where Simon Kjær many time in the course of the fight prevented the dangerous terminations.
But he couldn't stop Messi when he is with his 24. scoring in 23 matches in the season levelled the game again.
On the edge of the box found substituted Ousmane Dembélé the little argentinian, with a beautiful, felt end put the ball up in the nearest corner with højrefoden.
Both teams had chances for more goals, but it was very symptomatic of the fight, the magical Messi who decided the match.
Five minutes before the time ended the ball a bit random for the feet by increasing the argentinian front of goal, but the end there was nothing random about.
Messi chipped cool the ball over the keeper and decided the match.
In injury time he let even an otherwise ordinary playing teammate get a little of the limelight.
With a beautiful sticking found hattrickhelten Luis Suarez, which put the ball over the keeper for 4-2.