Barcelona wipe out Levante
Публикувано на: 17 Дек 2018 06:01
Lionel Messi was back to his wondrous ways in scoring a hat-trick to lead Barcelona past Levante 5-0 on Sunday night atsbobet777 the Estadi Ciutat de Valencia in Valencia.For the first half-hour or so, it was far from easy for Barcelona. Levante looked the better side and could have had a goal or two. But as he so often does, Messi changed the balance of the contest and in a span of 12 minutes wrapped around half-time, the Pulga settled matters with an assist on Luis Suarez's opener and two goals for himself.Later on the hour mark Messi would complete his hat-trick and then contributed another assist on Gerard Pique's goal minutes sbobet777from full-time.A minor knee injury to Semedo and a lack of defensive reserves forced manager Ernesto Valverde to shift his formation from the standard 4-3-3 to a 3-4-3, meaning Pique, Thomas Vermaelen and Clement Lenglet manned the back, while Jordi Alba was pushed into midfield and Ousmane Dembele kept his place in the starting XI ahead of Philippe Coutinho.Having been the only team to have beaten Barcelona during the 2017-18 LaLiga season, Levante came out with plenty of fight and looked to take advantage of Barcelona's lack of familiarity with their three-man defence[url=https://sbobet.gclub-casino.com/tag/sbobet777/]sbobet777[/url