Messi, Barcelona remember Maradona found in winning style
Barcelona on Sunday followed the assistance of mentor Ronald Koeman and paid tribute with their former person Diego Maradona with an emphatic go back to form found in La Liga and a good 4-0 victory above Osasuna.
Maradona, who all played two periods for Barca, died on Wednesday aged 60.
Before the meet, the club enjoyed 'The Song of the Birds' by Catalan cellist Pablo Casals as the teams stood around the center circle in which a Maradona clothing was laid on the centre spot.
Lionel Messi, who offers inherited Maradona's legendary Argentina number 10 shirt, bowed his head.
Flags at the Camp Nou flew in half-mast, Maradona's photograph was first displayed on every display screen and digital advertising hoardings while a golf club official held a framed Maradona Barcelona clothing.
The Catalans have already been struggling in La Liga and started the overall game 14th.
On Fri, Koeman said the best tribute his crew could shell out Maradona was to "display what we can do on the pitch".
He recalled Messi and Frenkie de Jong, who weren't in the squad for Tuesday's 4-0 Champions League win at Dynamo Kiev, and in addition started Antoine Griezmann, who was over the bench in Ukraine.
Barcelona took the business lead after 29 moments when the ball lobbed in to the net off Martin Braithwaite's knee following a scramble in front of goal.
Messi seemed to be attempting a tribute to Maradona's famous 'Hand of God' goal against England in 1986 as he leapt following the floating ball stretching his left arm toward it however the referee deemed he didn't make contact.
It was Braithwaite's first objective at the Camp Nou and followed the Denmark forward's midweek strike found in Kiev.
Griezmann scored with a powerful left-foot volley from beyond your box in the 42nd minute.
The France World Glass winner then passed up a shooting chance in the 56th minute to roll a pass across the goal and create a tap-in for Philippe Coutinho.
As Barcelona rediscovered their leading edge, Ousmane Dembele had a strike eliminated for offside.
- Vintage Messi -
Messi got his target found in the 74th minute with a dazzling hit.
He found the ball in midfield, danced former two defenders and smashed a rising left-foot shot into the top far corner.
He celebrated by pulling off his Barcelona clothing to reveal a vintage Newell's Old Males jersey from Maradona's one season with the golf club in Rosario, Argentina.
"It was an excellent second," said Koeman. "Leo's goal, his gesture focused on Maradona.
"It was something incredibly big. We Europeans don't realise what size Maradona is normally in Argentina."
Previously this week, Newell's tweeted an image from Maradona's debut showing a six-year-old area prodigy, in the same dark colored and red t-shirt, doing ball tips for the masses at half-period. That boy was Messi.
Barcelona climbed to seventh, still 10 points in back of leaders Real Sociedad, who drew 1-1 in the home to third-placed Villarreal.
Gerard Moreno scored a good penalty after just six minutes for Villarreal in Anoeta but Mikel Oyarzabal replied with a good spot-kick on the half-hour to earn the hosts a spot.
La True pulled a point before Atletico Madrid regardless of the end of their six-match winning go in the league. Nevertheless, Diego Simeone's unbeaten part have two games in hand.
