TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Barcelona shown off shiny performance as they crushed Elche 6-0 in their La Liga campaign earlier today. El Blaugrana dominated the host who defended their home turf with only 10 men since the 57 minute.
Lionel Messi scored two goals on 55 minute’s penalty and 88 minute. The Argentinian assisted Neymar, who also scored twice in the game, to be the ‘king of assists’ of this season with 10 goal-producing assists. Gerard Pique and Pedro each contributed one goal in the winning.
This is Barca’s big winning over Elche after the 4-0 result in Copa del Rey competition. Coach Luis Enrique re-arrange his team for the game by putting birthday man Luis Suarez on the bench along with Andres Iniesta.
Barcelona claim the second place with 47 points from 20 matches, only one point behind Real Madrid at the top.
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