On today in 2014, Lionel Messi scored three previous Diego Lopez as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 4-3 to maintain its title hopes intact on the Santiago Burnabeu.
It was Messi’s second hat-trick in consecutive matches as he turned the all-time high scorer in Clasicos with 21 targets, surpassing Real legend Alfredo Di Stefano (18). By the time he left Barca in 2021, he had scored 26 targets in opposition to Real Madrid.
Barcelona went on to complete second that season with 67 factors and misplaced the title to Atletico Madrid, which secured 70, by the barest of margins.
Currently, Messi is third on the record of high goalscorers in males’s worldwide soccer with 98 targets. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo leads the chart with 118 targets in 195 appearances, carefully adopted by Iranian legend Ali Daei.
Watch the second when Messi turned El Clasico’s all-time high goalscorer:
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com