Match ends, Barcelona 5, Real Valladolid 1.

Lionel Messi scored two goals and provided two assists as Barcelona thrashed Real Valladolid 5-1 to return to the top of La Liga.
Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet drove in an early goal before Kiko bundled in for Valladolid.
Arturo Vidal poked in from Messi's pass to restore Barcelona's lead before the Argentine curled in a superb free-kick - the 50th such goal of his career.
"There were wonders coming out of his foot," said Valladolid's Michel.
"You can only applaud and enjoy it."
There was more Messi magic to come in the second half as he superbly controlled an Ivan Rakitic ball with one touch before powering a fierce drive into the back of the net with another.
He then completed his fine performance by slipping a ball through the defence for Luis Suarez to sweep in his side's fifth.
Barcelona were not in action at the weekend after their game with Real Madrid was postponed because of safety fears surrounding the ongoing protests in Catalonia.

That allowed Granada, who had only returned to the top flight this season, the opportunity to instead become the Spanish top flight's unlikely leaders as they beat Real Betis 1-0.
Barcelona needed to win to reclaim top spot, which they did in impressive style with Messi at his scintillating best.
Earlier, Atletico Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by Alaves.
Alvaro Morata gave Atletico the lead after finishing off a fine team move but an excellent long-range strike by former West Ham forward Lucas Perez earned Alaves a point.
Line-ups
Barcelona
Formation 4-3-3
- 1ter Stegen
- 2Nélson Semedo
- 3Piqué
- 15Lenglet
- 18AlbaSubstituted forRobertoat 78'minutes
- 22Vidal
- 5Busquets
- 21de JongSubstituted forRakiticat 60'minutes
- 10Messi
- 9Suárez
- 31FatiSubstituted forGriezmannat 63'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Rakitic
- 6Todibo
- 13Murara Neto
- 17Griezmann
- 19Aleñá
- 20Roberto
- 27Pérez
Real Valladolid
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Masip
- 24FernándezBooked at 45mins
- 4Olivas Alba
- 3Barba
- 2Porro
- 21Herrero JavaloyasBooked at 79mins
- 8MohamedSubstituted forHervÃasat 53'minutes
- 22MartÃnez GarcÃaSubstituted forSalisuat 32'minutes
- 10PlanoSubstituted forÜnalat 66'minutes
- 7Guardiola NavarroBooked at 68mins
- 23Rubio
Substitutes
- 9Ünal
- 11HervÃas
- 12De Frutos
- 13Lunin
- 14Alcaraz
- 18Regal Angulo
- 27Salisu
- Referee:
- Javier Alberola Rojas
- Attendance:
- 58,198
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home62%
- Away38%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home9
- Away1
- Corners
- Home6
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away14
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Barcelona 5, Real Valladolid 1.
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Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
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Attempt missed. Waldo Rubio (Real Valladolid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo HervÃas.
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Attempt missed. Pablo HervÃas (Real Valladolid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
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Foul by Arturo Vidal (Barcelona).
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Mohammed Salisu (Real Valladolid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Sergi Guardiola (Real Valladolid).
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Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gerard Piqué.
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Attempt blocked. Pablo HervÃas (Real Valladolid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Waldo Rubio.
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Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
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Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Sergi Guardiola (Real Valladolid).
Booking
MÃchel (Real Valladolid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by MÃchel (Real Valladolid).
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Jordi Alba.
Goal!
Goal! Barcelona 5, Real Valladolid 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
Goal!
Goal! Barcelona 4, Real Valladolid 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic with a through ball.
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Genius.
Messi 20
Juventus 15
Roma 13
PSG 13
Lyon 13
Bologna 12
Now let that sink in for a minute...
He positively influences a much higher percentage of games than any other player too. He may go missing occasionally, but Ronaldo and all others go missing 2-3 times as much.
Is it still half term?
Clearly many on here are following football for all the wrong reasons, or they simply don't have a scooby do.
"What about Pogba?"
"Injured"
"Ronaldo?"
"We did a piece on him yesterday"
"Women?"
"We already have 4 articles ready "
"Messi?"
"Sure. We can do Pogba and Ronaldo Thursday"
"And Man Utd Friday. Perfect!"
Messi is good but is he the GOAT?
You decide.
+ Steve Bull
- Lionel Messi
Ronald is better than Messi
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