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What's the story?
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini has completed his 20 goals in Spanish La Liga for the 11th consecutive season. The Argentine great is the all-time top scorer in the history of La Liga with 404 goals in 438 appearances. He has an outstanding goal ratio of 0.92.
In case you didn't know...
The veteran of the game scored two goals against Valencia while playing for Barcelona in a La Liga match. He scored his first goal in the 39th minute of the match and made the score 1-2 for his team Barcelona. In the second half, Messi again showed his magical touch and scored another goal in the 64th minute of the match through a penalty.
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The match ended in a 2-2 draw. The two goals for Valencia came from Kevin Gameiro and Daniel Parejo in the 24th and 32nd minute of the match respectively.
In the tournament, Barcelona is at the top of the table with 50 points. Barcelona's next match of the league is against the strong Real Madrid side on Wednesday but, there are fewer chances of Messi playing as he has an injury.
Spanish football club Barcelona's chief coach Ernesto Valverde has said,
Messi is not sure to play in the Copa del Rey match against Real Madrid.
"We are going to do some tests to find out the severity of his injury, we hope he will recover quickly. However, if he is fit, then we will definitely play him otherwise, we will play someone else in his place."
The heart of the matter
According to the tweet by the FC Barcelona twitter handle, Messi has scored 20 goals in the last 11th consecutive season in La Liga.
What's next?
Barcelona will next play in the Copa del Rey in the semi-final Leg 1 of 2 against Real Madrid on Thursday.
