BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman rallied behind Lionel Messi after the Argentine delivered a vintage performance in Sunday's 2-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao, hours after full details of Messi's lucrative contract were published in the Spanish media.
Messi scored his 650th goal for the Catalans with a sumptuous free kick to put Barca in front against Athletic while Antoine Griezmann struck the winner after Jordi Alba had scored an own goal to pull the visitors level.
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