{"id":229,"date":"2015-11-28T22:32:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T22:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=229"},"modified":"2024-07-18T07:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T07:29:47","slug":"icons-visits-camp-nou-courtesy-of-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2015\/11\/28\/icons-visits-camp-nou-courtesy-of-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Icons Visits Camp Nou Courtesy of Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Camp<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the perks of working with some of the best players in the world is the opportunity to watch them in action. This weekend was no different, as Icons flew out from our HQ in London to meet with\u00a0Barcelona<\/a> superstar Lionel Messi<\/a> in the Catalan capital.<\/p>\n

After a signing with the legendary forward on Friday evening, Messi<\/a> personally invited Icons to watch Bar\u00e7a<\/a> entertain La Liga rivals Real Sociedad at Camp Nou the following day. With pitch-side seats courtesy of Messi<\/a> himself, Icons got to enjoy yet another irresistible performance from the European and Spanish champions.<\/p>\n

Messrs Messi<\/a>, Neymar Jr<\/a>, Luis Suarez<\/a> and company ran riot over Eusebio Sacrist\u00e1n\u2019s side with a 4-0 victory that extended their lead at the summit of La Liga, at least for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

\"Neymar<\/a><\/p>\n

Sweeping home the first of Barcelona\u2019s<\/a> goals was Neymar<\/a>, whose superb form this season has him leading the team and the league with 14 goals. He would add another midway through the second half with an equally impressive team move initiated by fellow Icon Andres Iniesta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suarez<\/a> was on had to score the second and most impressive goal of the day just before the interval, acrobatically volleying in Dani Alves\u2019s cross past Sociedad goalkeeper Ger\u00f3nimo Rulli and into the bottom corner to\u00a0send the Blaugrana<\/a> faithful wild.<\/p>\n

With the game 2-0 at half time, the feeling around the ground was that the points were safe and the only question left was how many more Barcelona<\/a> would get.<\/p>\n

\"Lionel<\/a><\/p>\n

Sure enough, Neymar<\/a> added his second and the team’s third on the 54th minute, sliding in J\u00e9r\u00e9my Mathieu\u2019s perfectly weighted pass. But the biggest cheer of the afternoon was reserved for the fourth and final goal of the game, as Neymar<\/a>, Suarez<\/a> and Messi<\/a> combined to allow the latter to score his first league goal since returning to action after injury.<\/p>\n

Impressive as the performance and the scoreline was, some would argue Barcelona<\/a> still didn\u2019t quite reach their full potential, which should tell you all you need to know about this phenomenal team.<\/p>\n

\"Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n

For our full range of Barcelona products<\/a>, including triple signed shirts from the Three Amigos<\/a> and brand new products from Lionel Messi<\/a>, Andres Iniesta<\/a> and Luis Suarez<\/a> \u2013 all in time for Christmas\u00a0\u2013 check out icons.com<\/a> now!<\/em><\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Matt Hardy.\u00a0For more images of Icons’ visit to Camp Nou, visit <\/span>www.matthardyphotography.co.uk<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Follow Icons on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram<\/a> for all our\u00a0latest blog posts, chat and competitions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the perks of working with some of the best players in the world is the opportunity to watch them in action. This weekend was no different, as Icons flew out from our HQ in London to meet with\u00a0Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in the Catalan capital. After a signing with the legendary forward on… <\/p>\n

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