Messi Gagal Penalti, tapi Barca Mampu Gulung Levante 5-0
Messi Missed a Penalty but Scored a Cheeky Lob at Levante
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Madrid (B2B) - Luis Enrique melanjutkan tren positif Barcelona dengan memimpin timnya membenamkan Levante 5-0 pada Senin, (22/9), dini hari WIB.
Neymar membuka gol dari bola Lionel Messi yang kemudian secara mengejutkan gagal mengeksekusi pinalti setelah Loukas Vyantra menyangkal kesempatan pemain Argentina itu mencetak gol, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Ivan Rakitic menggandakan keunggulan Blaugrana dan Sandro membuatnya menjaadi tiga dari asis Messi.
Jordi Arba mengatur gol keempat Pedro sebelum Messi membuat gol menajubkan yang mengakhiri pesta gol Blaugrana.
Levante menguasai 26% penguasaan bola, sementara Barca 74%. Dengan dua kali Levante tendangan ke arah gawang, Barca delapan.
Madrid - Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has saluted Lionel Messi after an inspiring performance in Sunday´s 5-0 win at Levante.
The Argentina star may have missed a first-half penalty after being tripped by Loukas Vyntra, but he also netted Barca´s fifth and claimed two assists in a dominant performance from La Liga´s early leaders.
Neymar profited from Messi´s first assist, latching on to a fine through ball before skipping past goalkeeper Jesus Fernandez and slotting into an empty net to open the scoring.
Ivan Rakitic doubled Barca´s advantage just before the break and Neymar´s replacement Sandro Ramirez stroked home with just under an hour gone following Messi´s incisive run.
Pedro grabbed Barca´s fourth before Messi completed the resounding triumph in the 77th minute, causing Luis Enrique to wax lyrical about his star man´s display.
