Topics: La Liga, Barcelona, Mallorca, Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba
The game was paused briefly after an invader made his way onto the field of play.

Saturday's La Liga clash between Mallorca and Barcelona was met with an extraordinary event with a pitch invader disrupting the run of play. The night's encounter was, as a result, forced to be paused momentarily despite the fact that it was played behind closed doors.

As part of the precautionary measures instated to tackle the spread of the coronavirus in Spain, all La Liga games are to be played in empty stadiums. Such was the case in Barcelona's trip to the Estadi de Son Moix, at least until an unidentified man wearing a number 10 Argentina shirt emerged on the field.

The man, who was quickly apprehended by the stadium guard, made an attempt to take a selfie with Barca's Jordi Alba inside the 53rd minute. As to how he ended up inside the arena remains unknown. Watch the incident below:

Meanwhile, Barcelona marked their return to the campaign with an emphatic 4-0 victory. Arturo Vidal was the first to get on the scoresheet before Martin Braithwaite grabbed the second in the 37th minute to consolidate the first-half win. Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi subsequently put the game out of the reach of Mallorca with goals in the 79th and 93rd minutes.

Yet again, Messi entered the history books for his exploits in the ongoing campaign. With his goal against Mallorca, the attacker took his league tally for the season to 20, becoming the only player to achieve the feat in 12 successive La Liga seasons.