Lionel Messi gets Quique Setién’s Barcelona reign off to winning start
Posted by The Editor on January 19, 2020 5:34 pm
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Managers come and go, but Lionel Messi remains. There were 15 minutes remaining in Quique Setién’s first game as manager of Barcelona and the tension was growing, when the Argentinian finally escaped to score the goal that prevented his opening night ending in failure.
Barcelona were closing in on 1,000 passes, but they had struggled to create clear chances until Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Arturo Vidal combined. Down on the bench, Setién celebrated. It was only 1-0 but it was enough, for now. It was a start.