Finally it happened – 51 weeks after he signed for Barcelona, Antoine Griezmann linked up brilliantly with Lionel Messi for a very special goal. It was the third in a 4-1 win over Villarreal on a night when Barcelona showed they are not going to give up the Spanish title without a fight.
The move that showed all Barcelona supporters what might have been had 120m euros signing Griezmann, and Barça captain Messi not been practicing a sort of pre-pandemic social distancing off and, more importantly on, the pitch since the start of the season.
Both were played centrally in a tactical shift from coach Quique Setien and they clicked immediately.