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L.Ionel Messi has been the talk of the sports media world for the past 24 hours following the details of his contract at Barcelona were published.
On Sunday evening, however, the Argentinian spoke with his left foot and bent into a beautiful free kick to open the score against Athletics club.
Not even a withdrawal Yeray, who hit the post trying to clear the shot, could stay outside Messi‘s great set-piece.
The goal summed up a radiant first half from the Blaugrana captain, who has clearly not lost any concentration after the weekend’s events.
Any legal issues surrounding the leakage of his contract terms will be handled by his lawyers, leaving the 33-year-old free to focus on his football.
Messi’s goal made him the highest scorer against Athletic in LaLiga history, ahead of 18 Cristiano Ronaldo‘s count of 17.
The Argentinian is also only two goals behind Luis Suarez, who scored an excellent free kick against Cadiz in the Pichichi standings earlier on Sunday.