La Liga Dimulai, Barcelona Tekuk Elche 3-0
Barcelona Defeated Elche 3-0 in Their Opening La Liga Game
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Barcelona (B2B) - Lionel Messi mencetak dua gol untuk Barcelona yang menang 3-0 atas tamu, Elche.
Upaya pemain muda Munir El Haddadi membentur mistar gawang, demikan pula peluang milik Andres Iniesta.
Namun, Messi memecah kebuntuan dengan bergerak berputar di dalam kotak penalti, dan memasukkan bola pada menit ke-42, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Barca sempat disulitkan dengan diusirnya Javier Mascherano karena menjatuhkan Garry Rodriguez semenit berselang.
Selanjutnya Munir, yang didaftarkan dalam tim sebagai pengganti Neymar, mencungkil bola untuk mengubah skor menjadi 2-0 pada awal babak kedua.
Messi membuat ruang untuk dirinya sendiri di tepi kotak penalti, dan kembali mencetak gol pada menit ke-63.
Barcelona - Lionel Messi wasted little time in finding his stride as he struck twice to lead 10-man Barcelona to a 3-0 home win over Elche and hand new coach Luis Enrique a happy start to the La Liga season on Sunday.
Youngster Munir El Haddadi hit the woodwork as did Andres Iniesta before Messi made the breakthrough, turning well in the box and slotting in after 42 minutes.
Barca´s job was complicated with Javier Mascherano sent off for bringing down Garry Rodrigues a minute later but Munir, drafted into the side as a replacement for the injured Neymar, clipped home to make it 2-0 shortly after the restart.
Messi, whose Argentina side were beaten in the World Cup final by Germany in July, was the talisman once again for Barca.
He made space for himself on the edge of the area and found the back of the net again after 63 minutes.
