Barcelona Top of La Liga Table After Messi's Hat Trick, Surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo's Record
By Rob Perez
After Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, Barcelona FC moved to the top of the La Liga Table for the first time since early November today.
Lionel Messi recorded his 32nd … THIRTY-SECOND! … hat-trick for the club, Luis Suarez added two magnificent goals (his sixth in as many games), and Barce absolutely annihilated Rayo Vallecano 6-1.
Messi’s 32nd hat-trick (all competitions) is the most in Spanish Football History (Record previously held by Zarra: 31)
Most hat-tricks in Spanish football history:
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) March 8, 2015
[32] MESSI
[31] Zarra
[28] Di Stéfano
[27] Cristiano Ronaldo
[25] Mundo
[23] Puskás
and his 24th Hat-Trick in La Liga play puts him ahead of some guy named Cristiano Ronaldo for the most ever…
Most hat-tricks in La Liga history
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) March 8, 2015
Lionel Messi (24)
Cristiano Ronaldo (23)
Telmo Zarra (22)
Alfredo Di Stefano (22) pic.twitter.com/gWiQcbp49m
In addition: Messi increased his season goal tally to 41 goals, making him the first player in Spanish football history to score 40 or more goals in six different seasons.
Translation: Good God Almighty, this dude is ridiculous.
In case you missed it, you can relive some of the ridiculous Barce goals here…
Neymar, your thoughts?