Mascherano ends incredible scoring drought for Barcelona.
Almost seven seasons and over 300 games have passed since the Argentine arrived at Camp Nou, and he finally broke his duck on Wednesday Javier Mascherano finally ended his amazing goal drought for Barcelona by firing home from the penalty spot during the Catalans’ clash against Osasuna.
Incredibly, the former West Ham and Liverpool star had never previously scored in Blaugrana colours, despite playing for the club for almost seven seasons.
He beat Salvatore Sirigu to end a run of 319 games without hitting the net, to the delight of his team-mates who mobbed him after the successful effort.
70 min: @Mascherano has his 1st official goal for Barça on a PK as things happened so fast we couldn’t type fast enough to explain it all!
pic.twitter.com/qHb9MZaLcX — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) 26 de abril de 2017 The goal also brought up a milestone for Luis Enrique, who saw Barca score their 500th goal since he took charge back in 2014.
500 – Javier Mascherano has scored the 500th goal for Barcelona under Luis Enrique in all competitions.
Wednesday’s effort was only the fourth goal of his professional club career, while he has scored another three with the senior Argentina team in 136 appearances.
The last goal Mascherano scored came on June 4 2014, when he converted against Trinidad & Tobago for Argentina.
His last club goal came for Liverpool on February 25, 2010 against Unirea Urziceni in the Europa League.