Perfect win for Barca !

Hello everyone!

Another game, another win for FC Barcelona today against Almeria. It was a convincing victory after a difficult win against Celta Vigo past weekend. Barca Manager Luis Enrique chose to rest Neymar for this game and gave the energetic Pedro a nod to start this game instead. It was a fair call given that Neymar has been overworked and that has been showing in his performances for more than a month now. Despite being on the field during crunch games, he had little impact and so this decision to drop him is totally justified if you ask me.

The match began on a lively note and was tense until late in the 1st half when Leo Messi provided the much needed opening goal. It was a typical yet stunning strike from the left foot of the magical man and the ball did curl quite a lot into the far corner beyond the diving keeper's reach. That opening goal settled Barca's nerves and allowed them to play more freely. Although the score didn't change for the rest of the 1st half, Barca always looked in control of it.

The 2nd half began and Barca looked to kill off the game every minute of it. They kept creating chances but Almeria somehow held on. But they weren't to be denied for too long when Luis Suarez scored a wonderful left footed curling effort into the top corner. It was equally majestic and was a sort of goal you'd expect from a man in form.  It was followed by a Marc Bartra header from a set-piece to make it 3-0 for Barca. Messi had quite a few free kicks that hit the wall today, but the last one he took in the game today was sweetly hit and was goal bound, though the keeper knocked it wide of his goal. I have been waiting for Leo to score from a free kick for sometime now, hope that happens soon enough. But Leo Messi's play-making skills were still sharp after a full 90 minutes of action and he used all of that to perfectly hit a lobbed pass over the entire Almeria's defence for Pedro, who then squared it for the on-rushing Suarez at the far post who scored with a simple tap-in. Boy! Suarez is something when he's happy and scoring. He's proving to be really vital and we Barca need him to be just that. Touchwood!

Barca now have a temporary 7-point lead over Real Madrid in the race to win La Liga this season which would come back to 4 if Real win their game today. Nevertheless, Barca will fight on for the wins. Visc Barca.

Thanks for reading & cheers! See you again!    - yps05