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Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, takes a shot at goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Valencia at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Messi equals Pelé’s 643 club goals, Barça held by Valencia

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Alba leads Barcelona to 2-1 comeback win over Sociedad

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A volunteer undergoes a screening for the coronavirus to see if he can join a pool of around 500 people allowed into a concert in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Around 1,000 music fans participate in an experiment organised by a Barcelona-based medical foundation to study the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus antigen screening to safely hold cultural and sports events. Five-hundred volunteers of those whose quick tests result negative will be allowed into a concert. Inside the concert hall, face masks are obligatory but there is not social distancing. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Barcelona concert tests use of same-day COVID-19 screening

By JOSEPH WILSON and EMILIO MORENATTI - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, left, shakes has with Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo prior of the start of the Champions League group G soccer match between FC Barcelona and Juventus at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Ronaldo tops Messi with 2 goals in Juve’s 3-0 win at Barca

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Separated by a curtain, a person sleeps in a bed as mortuary workers prepare the body of an elderly person who died of COVID-19 before removing it from a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Virus cases among the elderly are again on the rise across Europe, causing havoc and rising death tolls in nursing homes despite the lessons of a tragic spring. Authorities are in a race to save lives as they wait for crucial announcements on mass vaccinations. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

United States' Sergino Dest, foreground, controls the ball as Wales' Tom Lawrence tries to top him during the international friendly soccer match between Wales and USA at Liberty stadium in Swansea, Wales, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

AP Interview: Sergiño Dest says ‘it is my time’ at Barcelona

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann, center, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League group G soccer match between Ferencvaros and Barcelona at the Ferenc Puskas stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Experimental Barcelona beats Ferencváros 3-0 in CL

Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, second left, vies for the ball with Osasuna's Raul Navas, left, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Barcelona rests Lionel Messi again in Champions League

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, celebrates after scoring with his teammate Lionel Messi during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Deportivo Coruna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Messi pays tribute to Maradona with shirt of Argentina great

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Lionel Messi pays tribute to Diego Maradona after scoring

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Real Sociedad players celebrate after Portu scored his side's opening goal during the Europa League Group F soccer match between Real Sociedad and AZ Alkmaar at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, Spain,Thursday, Nov 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Real Sociedad, Villarreal aim to stay contenders in Spain

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Barcelona's Sergino Dest celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League group G soccer match between Dynamo Kyiv and FC Barcelona at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Dest scores 1st goal as Barça advances in Champions League

Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi gestures during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Barcelona rests Messi, De Jong in Champions League match

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Barcelona's Gerard Pique, left, reacts after getting an injury in a challenge with Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Piqué likely out for several months because of knee injury

Associated Press

Atletico Madrid's Yannick Carrasco takes the ball away from Barcelona's goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to score his side's opening goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Atlético beats Barcelona in league for 1st time in a decade

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi reacts next to Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Getafe and FC Barcelona at the Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Barcelona coach Koeman defends Lionel Messi’s angry outburst

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola during the Champions League group C soccer match against Olympiacos at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England. Manchester City said Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, that manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension, keeping Pep at the English club until the end of the 2022-23 season. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, FILE)

Guardiola plays down chance of reunion with Messi at City

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. Tebas has accused Real Madrid president Florentino Perez of being behind the surprising announcement that Barcelona is pushing forward with the idea of a European Super League. In an interview The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 he said it was Perez who prodded outgoing Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu to talk about the proposed new league in an effort to give it more credibility. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Barcelona affected the most by new salary cap in Spain

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Messi, Neymar and Xavi celebrate retired Mascherano

By HERNÁN ÁLVAREZ - Associated Press

Mohamed Houli Chemlal, left, Driss Oukabir, centre and and Said Ben Iazza, right sit behind a glass panel inside the national court at the start of a trial in San Fernando de Henares on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Tuesday Nov. 10, 2020. The men went on trial Tuesday for their alleged roles in terror attacks in and near Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured some 140 in 2017. The three, Driss Oukabir, Mohamed Houli Chemlal and Said Ben Iazza, are not accused of taking part directly in the attacks but of forming part of the extremist cell that carried them out. (Fernando Villar, Pool photo via AP)

Three go on trial for deadly 2017 Barcelona terror attacks

By CIARÁN GILES and RENATA BRITO - Associated Press