Madrid finally took the lead in the 78th minute from the penalty spot, with Sergio Ramos firing home
Messi, who is club's all-time top scorer's contract, was expected to sign a new deal that would keep him at the club until at least 2023
Lionel Messi scored his 700th career goal for club and country before Atletico Madrid came back to draw 2-2 in the Spanish league and deal Barcelona's title hopes a major blow. Barcelona's third draw in four rounds left it in second place, one point behind leader Real Madrid. Madrid hosts Getafe on Thursday with a chance to open up a four-point lead with five more matches remaining. Barcelona was two points ahead of Madrid when the league was halted in March because of the coronavirus outbreak. While Madrid has won five of five since the resumption after a three-month stoppage, Barcelona has only won three of six. The pressure is increasing on coach Quique Setin, who took over the team in mid-season with the task of rekindling its attacking spirit. "It is too bad because we keep dropping points and getting further and further away from the title," Setin said on Tuesday. "But we have to keep fighting." Barcelona struck first in the 11th minute on Tuesday when Atltico striker Diego
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has labelled Jordan Henderson as 'one of the best captains in Liverpools history while expressing his delight at seeing his former club win the Premier League.
Rakitic broke the deadlock in the 71st minute to leave Barcelona three points in front of Madrid, which can retake the lead with a win because it has better tiebreakers.
What bothers me is that in the end we only talk about the referees, it seems that we have not done anything on the field, says Real Madrid manager Zidane
After a commanding victory over Valencia, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane reached a new milestone as he now has the second-highest number of wins by any coach in Real Madrid history
Fati opened the scoring just before halftime and Messi converted a 69th-minute penalty for his league-leading 21st goal. It was also his 699th career goal for club and country
Both teams had comfortable victories over the weekend as the league returned to action in empty stadiums. Barcelona won 4-0 at Mallorca and Madrid easily defeated Eibar 3-1 at home
Lionel Messi is just two goals away from reaching combined 700 for club and country. Barcelona will play its next match on June 17
Barcelona vs Mallorca's match was played without fans but the fan wearing an Argentina soccer jersey made it past security and took a photo of himself a few meters in front of Barcelona defender Alba
Barcelona registered a comfortable 4-0 win away on Saturday night
Real Madrid hold the second spot on the La Liga points table with 59 points, just two points behind the top-placed club, Barcelona
Messi's presence in next week's return of the Spanish league was put in doubt by some Barcelona media after he trained separately from the group on Wednesday
Champions of various leagues, the Uefa qualifications, relegation, and promotion, remain undecided. Clubs are uncertain about sponsorships, broadcast revenues, and player wages
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Barcelona added in their statement that an audit of the club's social media monitoring contracts being carried out by PriceWaterhouseCoopers was being slowed down by the coronavirus pandemic
Spanish football competition, La Liga has been suspended since March 12 following coronavirus outbreak
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