The Copa del Rey 2021 Winner Barcelona team has won the Copa del Rey trophy. Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 4–0 on the back of a performance by Lionel Messi. After a long time, Barca’s team has won the title. Lionel Messi’s future at Barcelona is being highlighted after the team beat Athletic Bilbao in the final to clinch the Copa del Rey Cup title with two goals from the superstar striker.
Barcelona’s record is the 31st Copa del Rey trophy found at a crucial time between Messi and the Catalan club. It is being speculated that Messi is not happy with Barcelona and this is his last season with the club. But his performance does not make it so.
Lionel Messi’s future at Barcelona
Barcelona club president Juan Laporta has said that he convinced Messi to stay at the club. Messi has not yet revealed anything about his plans to remain at Camp Nou. He has expressed his desire to leave the club last season. The club’s new chairman Juan Laporta hopes Messi will stay, “Messi is a born winner. I hope this is not his final Copa del Rey for Barcelona.”
This is Barcelona’s biggest title win of the season and with this victory, they also avenged their defeat to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup in January. Even at the age of 33, he kept trying to win the team completely in the finals. His on-field effort was worth watching, which made him easy to score goals.
After winning the title, striker Lionel Messi said, “This trophy is very special for me. It is bad enough that we cannot celebrate it with our family and spectators. But we have to accept this situation. It is very special to be where I have spent almost half of my life. It is very special for the club to lift the trophy.” Messi, however, did not talk about his future after winning the trophy from Spain’s King Felipe Six.
At the same time, the team’s manager Ronald Koeman said on Messi’s future at Barcelona, “I hope Messi’s final trophy for Barcelona will not happen. I hope he will stay with us.”
