Watch: What turmoil? Messi sublimely strikes twice

• by Miles Palma  @miles_palma, Sep 17, 2020

Lionel Messi  showed that, despite his ongoing dispute with the Barcelona board, it's business as usual on the field. With the return of LaLiga this weekend, Barcelona finished off its preseason preparations with a 3-1 friendly over Girona. Those eager to see if Messi would be in the right headspace, given his dramatic standoff with the club when he submitted his transfer request, saw these two long-range finishes.

The first with his "weaker" right foot:

The second with his left: