#6 Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona at Vicente Calderon
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Luis Enrique at the pre-match conference mentioned the impact this game would have on the Catalan side’s title hopes. Enrique changed to a three-man defence against Atletico with four midfielders and the attacking trident up front.
Rafinha opened the scoring for the Catalans after Atletico’s defence failed to clear the ball. Godin, as he has done several other times, headed the ball into Ter Stegen’s net to equalise the match with 20 minutes to go.
Up until that point, Messi had not had any impactful touch on the pitch. The stage was set for another Barcelona comeback and who better to do it than Lionel Messi.
Messi latched onto a poor clearance from the Atletico defender to score the rebound past the Atletico’s custodian Jan Oblak. The Argentinian scored another goal right at the death of the match.
