Barcelona slammed Cordoba with a big 8-0 win over relegation
strugglers Cordoba. The game saw Barcelona extend their lead with Real Madrid
to 5 points but Real Madrid have a game in hand.
It was pretty unlucky for the home side as they did their
best to keep barca at bay till the 43rd minute. The goals were
scored by Rakitic, Messi, Suarez, Pique and Neymar. Suarez scored his first
hat-trick for Barcelona. Lionel Messi scored a brace as the other scorers just
scored once. Cordoba Defense was well-organized in the opening minutes but it
all came to an end after a stunning finish from Ivan Rakitic after a good pass
from Lionel Messi. The second came just 2 minutes later from none other than
Luis Suarez. The second half was underway and it took less than a minute for
Barcelona to score as Lionel Messi pounced on a Dani Alves cross from nowhere onto
the bottom corner. Literally Barcelona had scored 3 goals in just 4 minutes.
The fourth goal was’nt too far away as Suarez again headed a perfect Dani Alves
cross in the 53rd minute.
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| pic courtesy: bleacherreport.com |
Substitutions were made by both sides as Mathieu came on for
Mascherano and Xavi came on for Iniesta. Fede came on for Bebe for Cordoba. The
next goal came in the 65th minute and this time it was from a
set-piece (corner kick). Gerard Pique pounced on a lovely corner kick taken by
Ivan Rakitic. The 6th goal came in the 80th minute when
Suarez was tripped by the goal keeper after he cut past him and Messi scored
onto an empty net. The 7th came from Neymar as he himself converted
the penalty after being felled inside the penalty area. Luiz Suarez completed
his hat-trick and scored Barcelona’s eighth goal as he latched on to a
deflected shot that came right into his feet. Messi is now one goal ahead of
Ronaldo in the Pichichi trophy.
The win took Barcelona one step closer to the league title
as they are now on 87 points 5 clear of Real Madrid who have a game in hand.
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