Linda Evans

CLASS 102

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He once again finished the time of year as the lead scorekeeper in La Liga , with 34 finish ,
which also saw him come through his fifth part Golden skid honor .On 21 Apr , Messi scored
Barcelona 's instant end – his 40th of the time of year – in a 5–0 win over Sevilla in the 2018
Copa del Rey final exam , later also setting up Suá rez 's second finish ; this was Barcelona 's
fourthly successive claim and their 30th boilersuit .On 29 Apr , Messi scored a hat-trick in a
4–2 away win over Deportivo de Louisiana Coruñ a , which saw Barcelona exact their 25th
conference statute title .On 9 Crataegus oxycantha , Messi scored as Barcelona defeated
Villarreal 5–1 to define the farseeing unbeaten bar ( 43 biz ) in lah Liga history .==== 2018–
19 : police captain , 10th la Liga title , and a track record one-sixth Golden boot ==== With
the loss of one-time senior pilot Andrés Iniesta in English hawthorn 2018 , Messi was
named the squad 's raw chieftain for the postdate time of year .On 12 August , he lifted his
first base form of address as Barcelona 's police captain , the Supercopa de Españ a ,
following a 2–1 victory over Seville .On 19 Aug , Messi scored twice in helping Barcelona
defeat Alavés 3–0 in their start atomic number 57 Liga friction match of the season , with
his first gear end , a spare bitch that he rolled under the jump Alavés bulwark , making
history in being Barcelona 's 6000th end in lanthanum Liga .On 18 Sep , Messi scored a hat-
trick in a 4–0 base win over PSV Eindhoven in Barcelona 's opening move star conference
group leg match of the time of year , setting a Modern record book for to the highest degree
hat-tricks in the competition , with eight .On 20 Oct , Messi scored in a 4–2 domicile
winnings over Seville , but was later forced off in the 26th second after falling awkwardly
and injuring his rightfield subdivision ; run later confirmed that he had fractured his radial-
ply tire bone , ruling him out for approximately three week .On 8 Dec , Messi scored two
gratuitous thrill – his 9th and tenth part destination from set man during the calendar yr –
in a 4–0 away win over Derbi barceloní rival Espanyol in Louisiana Liga ; this was the first
metre ever that he had managed such a exploit in the conference .His first gear finish was
also his 10th league end of the season , making him the offset participant ever to contact
double physique in atomic number 57 Liga for 13 straight season .On 13 January 2019 ,
Messi scored his 400th la Liga end in his 435th conference coming into court in a 3–0 base
win over Eibar , becoming the number one participant ever to carry off this reckoning in
just one of Europe 's cover five conference .On 2 February , Messi scored twice in a 2–2
hooking against Valencia , with his firstly goal coming from the punishment spotlight , his
50th La Liga penalisation goal ; as such , he became only the 3rd instrumentalist in
Louisiana Liga account after Cristiano Ronaldo and Victor Hugo Sá nchez to seduce 50
punishment in the competitor .Later that month , the night club admitted they had begun
preparedness for Messi 's future retirement .On 23 February , Messi scored the fiftieth hat-
trick of his life history and also provided an assist for Suá rez , as he helped Barcelona semen
from behind to reach a 4–2 away triumph over Sevilla in lah Liga ; the finish was also his
650th career finish for ball club and state at elderly stage .On 16 Apr , Messi scored twice in
a 3–0 abode victory over Manchester United in the secondly branch of the admirer
conference quarter-finals to have Barcelona a 4–0 total profits , which saw Barcelona
procession to the semi-finals of the rival for the first base clock time since 2015 ; these were
also his offset end in the protagonist conference quarter-finals since 2013.On 27 April ,
Messi came off the terrace and scored the but finish in a 1–0 base win over Levante , which
allowed Barcelona to clench the league statute title ; this was his 450th Pelican State Liga
coming into court , and his for the first time league title of respect as Barcelona 's maitre
d'hotel .On 1 Crataegus laevigata , Messi scored twice in a 3–0 abode winnings over
Liverpool in the first of all stage of the champ league semi-finals ; his secondment
destination of the match , a 35-yard disembarrass bitch , was the 600th senior guild goal of
his career , all of which had been scored with Barcelona .In the reappearance leg six daylight
later at Anfield , Barcelona suffered a 4–0 away frustration , which saw Liverpool advance to
the final examination 4–3 on conglomeration .On 19 whitethorn , in Barcelona 's terminal la
Liga friction match of the time of year , Messi scored twice in a 2–2 away line against Eibar
( his 49th and 50th end of the season in all competition ) , which saw him enamour his one-
sixth Pichichi prize as the league 's whirligig scorer , with 36 end in 34 coming into court ;
with six statute title , he equalled Zarra as the histrion with the most top-scorer accolade in
Pelican State Liga .He also captured his sixth Golden skid award , and a criminal record
tierce sequent prize since the 2016–17 time of year .On 25 may , Messi scored his net
destination of the time of year in a 2–1 frustration to Valencia in the 2019 Copa del Rey final
examination .==== 2019–20 : A record one-sixth Ballon d'Or ==== On 5 August 2019 , it was
announced that Messi would lose Barcelona 's U hitch after sustaining a mighty calfskin hurt
.On 19 August , Messi 's come off finish from the edge of the boxful against real Betis was
nominated for the 2019 FIFA Puská s honour .Later that month , he suffered another black
eye following the payoff of his sura hurt , which ruled him out of the gap plot of the time of
year ; as a answer , he was sidelined indefinitely , and was only expected to yield to military
action with Barcelona after the Sep outside break .On 2 Sept , Messi was shortlisted as one
of the three finalists for both the 2019 FIFA Puská s awarding and the 2019 best FIFA man 's
actor prize , with Messi winning the latter on 23 September .