The FC Barcelona began the championship of League of this season 2017/18 with a triumph in the Camp Nou in front of the Real Betis (2-0). But the difference could be greater, since Messi crashed the balloon thrice to the stick. Something that is not at all usual.
"It is not normal that Messi do three sticks and any goal", said Ernesto Valverde in press conference. And it did not be him reason to the technician extremeño. Messi tried it of all the possible ways, but this night was not the day. The stick and the stars ranged the sufficient to avoid that the Argentinian marked.
It is necessary to retreat until 2006 to find the previous precedent in the League. And it starred it the ex Barcelona Ludovic Giuly, when it crashed until thrice the balloon in the stick in a party against the Alavés. Specifically it was on 22 January of this year, in the Camp Nou, in a meeting that the FC Barcelona also finish winning by 2-0, thanks to the goals of a youngster Leo Messi and of Henrik Larsson.
Few times before
As it did echo 'Mark', in what it goes of century only six footballers have done a hat trick of launchings to the wood. According to Pedro Martín, journalist of Cope, this list is composed by Oliveira and Assunçao (2002), Doubt (2005), Inui (2016) and Messi (2017). Messi carries four in the last two parties -in the Supercopa also did one-.