Mallorca 2-4 Barcelona: Messi Overtakes Pele in Win
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Who: Mallorca vs. Barcelona
What: La Liga Mathcday 11
When: Sunday, November 11, 2012
Where: Iberostar Estadi — Palma de Mallorca
FinalScore
Mallorca 2-4 Barcelona
Goals
Xavi—28'
Messi—44'
Tello—45'
Pereira—54'
Casadesus—57'
Messi'—70'
Starting XIs
Mallorca: Aouate; Ximo, Geromel, Conceiao, Bigas; Nsue, Pina, Marti, Pereira; Victor Hemed
Barcelona: Valdes, Montoya, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Cesc; Villa, Messi, Tello
Bench: Pinto, Montoya, Bartra, Song, Iniesta, Alexis, Pedro
Preparation
In the buildup to this match, check out Roberto Alvarez-Galloso's preview of the match right here.
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Fulltime at the Iberostar Stadium
Mallorca made a match of it, but Barcelona finished the game in the first 45 minutes.
Messi almost gets his hat trick.
— Xoel Cárdenas (@XoelCardenas) November 11, 2012
87'—Barcelona substitution
Jordi Alba comes off as the left back makes way for Martin Montoya.
Min 83: Second sub for Barça: Mascherano comes off for Bartra. #FCBLive
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 11, 2012
Lionel Messi is the first Liga player in 62 years to score 15 goals in the first 11 Liga games #fcblive Cesar 1950-51 [via misterchip]
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) November 11, 2012
84'—Barcelona substitution
Right behind that change, Vilanova swaps Marc Bartra for Mascherano.
82'—Mallorca substitution
Fernández comes on for Ximo as Caparros is now out of subs.
Picture: Messi dedicating his first goal to his son twitter.com/Nabil_Ehem/sta… [via @nabil_ehem] #fcblive
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) November 11, 2012
77'—Bus parked again
Messi's goal may have killed Mallorca's spirit here as it seems the hosts have reverted to their ultra-defensive tactics from the first half.
Video (new): Goal Messi (2-4) dai.ly/W1N3Rt [via @spherachannel] #fcblive
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) November 11, 2012
And people still think that the best way to beat Barcelona is to park the bus? Sure, sometimes it works, but...
— Sidonie Blaugrana (@SidonieM10) November 11, 2012
And just like that, Messi has a brace. Happy birth, Thiago Messi. Mallorca 2-4 Barcelona.
— Sidonie Blaugrana (@SidonieM10) November 11, 2012
Min 70: The Argentinean unleashes an unstoppable shot after a great pass from Alexis! #FCBLive
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 11, 2012
Messi's now got 76 goals in a calendar year, beating Pele's 75. He's now just 9 goals behind Gerd Muller. With around 13 games left to do it
— Gary (@AlbaEspana) November 11, 2012
Messi bests Pele
Lionel Messi has now scored his 76th goal of the year, beating Pele's South American record and moving just nine goals from Gerd Muller's world record of 85.
More on the goal
Xavi sends a brilliant ball over the defense for Sanchez who takes a brilliant touch and sends the ball to Messi who sends a perfect ball past Aouate.
70'—GOOOOL Messi!
69'—Corner Mallorca
The hosts with a great chance to level and take advantage of Barca's poor defending, but it is cleared away.
Messi has scored his last 7 goals for Barcelona away from the Camp Nou #fcblive Previously: 6 in Nov-Dec 2010 [via @laligaennumeros]
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) November 11, 2012
Min 66: First Barça sub: Alexis comes on for Villa. #FCBLive
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 11, 2012
66'—Barcelona substitution
David Villa comes off for Alexis Sanchez and Tito Vilanova looks to spread the attack a bit.
If Cristian Tello was English and playing in the Premier League, he'd be worshipped. Like, say, Raheem Sterling.
— Tom Hallett (@TomHallett_RFA) November 11, 2012
Mallorca would have been better off to open up earlier.
— Matthew Buening (@MatthewBuening) November 11, 2012
Barca really needs to sign a true CB with excellent positioning and some height wouldnt be bad either.
— Michael Imburgia (@MJI_Orange_Hat) November 11, 2012
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