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 finishedoff 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 transferrequest, saw these two long-range finishes.
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