In Bilbao, Barcelona beat Athletic 3: 2 in the 2nd round of the Primera remaining game.
From a counterattack by Inaki Williams, the home team took the lead in the 3rd minute, but by the end of the first half, Barcelona managed to turn it on the wings of Pedri, who first scored on an assist by De Jong, and then in the heel assisted Messi in the 38th minute.
In the 62nd minute, Messi reached the second goal of the game after a nice action and playing Griezmann, the Argentine is the ninth goal of the season and is at the top of the scorers’ list. By the end of the match, Athletic only managed to mitigate the defeat through Muniain in the referee’s injury time.
Barcelona jumped to third place with a victory, five points less than Real and seven less with two games more than leading Atletico.
Athletic Bilbao 2 – 3 Barcelona
Goals: 1-0 Inaki 3, 1-1 Pedri 14, 1-2 Messi 38, 1-3 Messi 62
Bookings: Vesga, Garcia; Lenglet
Athletic Bilbao: Simon, Yuri, Martinez, Nunez, Capa, Muniain, Vesga, Vencedor, de Marcos, Williams, Garcia
Substitutions: Balenziaga, Berenguer, Morcillo, Garcia
Barcelona: ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Lenglet, Alba, de Jong, Busquets, Pedri, Griezmann, Messi, Dembele
Substitutions: Braithwaite, Mingueza
