In the 30th round of La-Liga Sevilla faced Barcelona at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (Sevilla's homeground). Before this match Barcelona were unbeaten in last 37 la-liga match. They previously lost against Malaga during last years' April in league competition. The result of this match is 2-2. Though the finishing was nail-biting. In front of the home supporter Sevilla was off to a flying start. At 36 minute Vázquez gave them a 1-0 lead. Just before the half time Barcelona missed an easy chance. At the start of 2nd half Muriel makes the 1-0 lead to 2-0(50 minute). Barca coach Valverde benched Messi due to hamstring injury. At the 60th minute of the match Messi was substituted for Dembele. After the substitution Barcelona came back strongly to the match. At 76th minute Messi got a chance to shoot but the shot was denied by the goalpost. The result was 2-0 till the 87th minute. In 88th minute Barcelona repay their first goal by the courtesy of Luis Suárez .Everyone thought Barcelona's unbeaten streak of 36 match is going to end. But Leo Messi had other ideas. Surprising the attending 37000 supporting fans,he scored an equalizer at the 88th minute. The final result was (2-2).
With this win Barcelona comes closure to the Real Sociedad's 38 match unbeaten in 1980. Barcelona coach Valverde was very happy during the post match press briefing and praised Messi saying "When you have player like him and he doesn't play,you feel the difference.You can feel how much important he is. He is such a player who can change the result of the match." Barcelona's last match is against Leganes .Let's see whether they can equal Real Sociedad's most unbeaten streak or not.