Posted on 21st March 2012
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
He’s not a bad little player is he? On Tuesday Lionel Messi broke Barcelona’s 60-year-old scoring record after grabbing a hat-trick against Granada at the Nou Camp. The little Argentine’s third goal was his 234th for the club and saw him break Cesar Rodriguez’s record set in the 50s. It was also Messi’s 54th goal in all competitions this season. Wow.
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On this day 12 months ago, Barcelona legend Lionel Messi scored his 600th goal for the club during the semi-final against Liverpool in the Champions League. An amazing goal to mark an incredible achievement. Can’t remember what happened in the return leg, mind.
Valencia beat Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey final this week with a 2-1 win at Estadio Benito Villamarín. Arturo Vidal had a chance to get Barcelona back in the game in the 55th minute, after the usual sublime skill from Lionel Messi, but the Chilean’s wild slice sent the rebound into row Z.
Echoes of Jason Cundy at Portman Road in the nineties with this week’s And finally – a truly daft goal from Extremadura’s Carlos Pomares against Cadiz in La Liga II – a block tackle on the halfway sending the ball 50 yards over the Cadiz keeper.
Wendy Renard gives us the first entry into the And finally… archive from this summer’s Women’s World Cup in France. The French defender’s meek intervention sends the ball trickling over the line (skip to 51 seconds).
