Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: Lionel Messi’s Dominance Will Destroy Madrid
Barcelona will look to continue its dominance over Real Madrid in the second match between these two squads in the last seven days. Madrid was so close to conquering the demons that have plagued the club, but two second-half goals left them asking more questions. Lionel Messi posted his fifth hat truck of the season in that game, and he is going to keep up his spectacular play in this match.
In their first match, Messi was unable to do anything. A part of that could be thanks to Pepe stomping on Messi’s hand in what was pretty blatant cheap shot, though Real Madrid disagrees because Pepe will not be suspended for his actions. Then, Messi is peaking at the right time, and he will want to get revenge against Pepe and Madrid for their actions last week.
Madrid is going to have to focus on Messi again in this game, so even if he doesn’t dominate on the stat sheet, his presence alone is going to make a world difference for Barcelona. Barcelona has Madrid’s number, and try as they might to overcome the juggernaut, they are just not strong enough offensively or defensively to do it right now.
Messi is playing at another kevel right now. He is going to set the tone for Barcelona in this game, Madrid will be scrambling to find ways to contain him, and the end result will be the same as it was when these two squads met on January 18. Barcelona won. In fact, it is going to be much more lopsided than the 2-1 final in that game.