Lionel Messi scored yet another free-kick to send Barcelona through to the Copa del Rey finals. Barcelona had lost the first leg 2-1. but a convincing performance saw them run out 3-1 victors on the day and 4-3 on aggregate.
Luis Suarez opened the scoring on 35 minutes, before Neymar finally broke his goal drought by confidently slotting away a penalty that he won with a lovely piece of skill.
Neymar was widely praised after a brilliant performance, which he capped off by breaking his goalless streak. Despite his drought in front of goal, Barcelona fans have backed him and were once again pleased for the striker.
Neymar’s goal ??? pic.twitter.com/htOYJ9Ui4e
— Neymar Messi Fans ⚽ (@Fc_barcelona_Gr) January 11, 2017
Suarez beautiful goal , thank you Neymar for the assist ?? @neymarjr @LuisSuarez9
Barça 1 Athletic 0 pic.twitter.com/gIXyooFTdG— Neymar Messi Fans ⚽ (@Fc_barcelona_Gr) January 11, 2017
Neymar is back in business? pic.twitter.com/jqyKDgSU0A
— cc @BrazilStats2 (@BS_Video) January 11, 2017
Neymar absolutely phenomenal tonight. He and Leo won Barça the tie. More of this.
— Sergi Domínguez (@FutbolSergi) January 11, 2017
NEYMAR OFF TO A BRILLIANT OVATION FROM CAMP NOU.
AMAZING PERFORMANCE pic.twitter.com/kwE58Moy0P
— Neymar Jr. (@NeyMarvellous) January 11, 2017
Fantastic match by Neymar, his best of the season. Terrorized Athletic from start to finish, at his best, from his dribbles to his balls.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) January 11, 2017
Neymar has scored his first goal in 1022 minutes of football for Barcelona across all competitions.
Huge relief. pic.twitter.com/5bt9HkC2J8
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 11, 2017
Goooool Neymar Scores finally after a Long Time . He is back
— Neymar Messi Fans ⚽ (@Fc_barcelona_Gr) January 11, 2017
I haven’t been watching Barcelona recently. Can anyone objectively tell me why Neymar has gone 1,000 minutes without a goal for them?
— Kristian Sturt (@FootieWriter) January 11, 2017
Lionel Messi was the obvious recipient of some praise, after yet another free-kick ended up sealing passage into the quarter-finals for Barcelona. Messi was brilliant as usual, and along with Neymar was one of the highlights of the game.
Lionel Messi does it again ⚽? pic.twitter.com/HdkHiLITxk
— Messi 10 (@messi_vids) January 12, 2017
Thursday: Freekick ⚽️?
Sunday: Freekick ⚽️?
Wednesday: Freekick ⚽️?Scoring freekicks is now just a routine for Messi.. pic.twitter.com/S871pF65nV
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) January 11, 2017
Congratulations on scoring your 26th free kick goal @FCBarcelona tonight, Leo #Messi! One to go to break another record ? pic.twitter.com/eaoS5e1dR7
— Ronald Koeman (@RonaldKoeman) January 11, 2017
Can’t describe how lucky we are to watch Messi play every week and be his fans.. pic.twitter.com/V7PgHWIcMC
— Messi World (@MessiWorId) January 11, 2017
Two photos.
Three days apart.
Different stadium.
Different balls.
Same result. pic.twitter.com/PFBn989Yf1
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) January 11, 2017
I wonder if Messi is being narcissistic when he points up to the sky after scoring
— Rik Sharma (@riksharma_) January 11, 2017
Luis Enrique: “Messi doesn’t remind me of anyone because there’s no one better. He does everything better than everyone else.” pic.twitter.com/ruJo0WFyaU
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) January 11, 2017