Luis Suarez Equalizes the Record of the Barcelona Legend

DBasia.news – Luis Suarez scored one goal when Barcelona defeated Villarreal in Week 34 of the Spanish League. This has made Luis Suarez ranked third in the all-time top scorer of Barcelona. He is behind Cesar Rodriguez Alvarez and Lionel Messi. Villarreal’s match againast Barcelona at the Estadio de la Ceramica, Sunday (7/7/2020) or Monday morning WIB ended with a score of 1-4 for the visitors’ victory.

Barca also released 13 kicks and 11 of them on target – three goals. If the Villarreal goalkeeper, Sergio Asenjo did not perform well by doing nine saves, The Yellow Submarine would be able to concede more goals.

Several records were carved out of that victory. Ansu Fati (17) who has scored six goals in LaLiga entered the club’s history as the player who scored 9000 goals for Barcelona.

While Luis Suarez scored his 194th goal. The 33-year-old striker who has played at Barca since 2014 equaled Barca’s legendary record, Laszlo Kubala in the club’s all-time top scoring list – only Cesar Rodriguez and Messi are on it.

Then according to data published by Opta, Messi has provided 19 assists in LaLiga this season and is the best record of all time in LaLiga. La Pulga has equaled ihis own record in the 2014-15 and 2010-11 seasons with a record of 18 assists and added to 19.

Not only topping the record of assists, Messi also became LaLiga’s top scorer with a score of 22 goals, five goals adrift of Karim Benzema, Real Madrid striker. The 33-year-old’s great performance seemed to end speculation of his departure when his contract ended in 2021.

Regarding this matter, Josep Maria Bartomeu, President of Barcelona confirmed that Messi will end his career with Barcelona.

“I will not give details (the future of Messi), but Messi has said repeatedly that he will end his football life in Barcelona,” stated Bartomeu.

“We are focused on the competition and there are negotiations with many players. Messi wants to continue here and end his career here. He can still play for years and we will enjoy his game much longer.”

Barcelona is still in second place of the standings and has cut the distance with Real Madrid in the hunt for the LaLiga title to four points. El Real previously won 1-0 against Athletic Bilbao.