On Saturday, La Liga giants Barcelona beat fellow Spanish side Athletic Biblao to lift a record-breaking 27th Copa del Rey title.
The win came courtesy of goals from Argentine ace Lionel Messi and Brazilian superstar Neymar, as the Blaugrana sweeped aside their opponents 3-1 to win their second piece of silverware this season, with the players and manager eyeing the treble.
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The game at Camp Nou, which saw La Pulga net a wonderful solo goal to break the deadlock, saw many records shattered and crazy stats achieved in the span of 90 minutes.
Messi himself, who netted a brace in the final, scored his 61st goal for both club and country this season, in 60 games. That amounts to just over a goal-per-game ration, whilst contributing to 90 goals in total, with 29 assists.
Messi has now scored 61 goals for club and country this season - 58 for Barcelona - 3 for Argentina - 60 appearances in total
— MESSISTATS (@MessiStats) May 30, 2015
90 — Messi has now directly contributed to 90 goals this season (61 goals, 29 assists) > via @champ_ian
— MESSISTATS (@MessiStats) May 30, 2015
In 50 cup games, the 27-year-old contributed to 50 goals, scoring 34 and assisting 16, whilst winning his 30th game in 34 official games in this calendar year.
Scoring his 457th official career goal, Leo won his 23rd title with the Catalan giants, an impressive record given that during that span, rivals Real Madrid only won 10 titles.
— MESSISTATS (@MessiStats) May 30, 2015
Titles since Messi's debut. Barcelona - 23 Real Madrid - 10
— BarcaHD (@Barcelona_HD) May 30, 2015
Neymar ended the season as the competitions highest scorer, with seven goals to his name, tied with Iago Aspas, with seven strikes. Club legend Xavi, who will be departing Barcelona at the end of the season, became the player with most club trophies in Spanish football history.
7 - No player has scored more goals than Neymar in the Copa del Rey this season (7, algonside Iago Aspas - since Last 32). Samba
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) May 30, 2015
RESPECT! Xavi is now the player with most CLUB trophies in the history of Spanish football pic.twitter.com/Dd2z9LxxEK [via @ElMaestrofcb]
— MESSISTATS (@MessiStats) May 30, 2015
Los Cules’ deadly attacking trio of MSN, comprising of Messi, Suarez, and Neymar, set a new record when the Selecao ace scored the second goal of the night, making them the trio with the most goals ever in a season in Spanish football with 119 strikes, surpassing Ronaldo, Benzema, and Higuain, whom previously held the record at 118.
MSN (119) surpass CR7-Benzema-Higuain (118) to become the trio with most goal ever in a season in Spanish football. pic.twitter.com/dXYttQhHDf
— 8 Fact Football (@8Fact_Footballl) May 30, 2015
Messi then scored later on in the second half to take MSN’s tally to 120 goals.
120 goals for the MSN this season. Second assist of the night for Dani Alves.
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) May 30, 2015
Lastly, the Blaugrana, with their victory over Los Leones, became the first club since 1954 to win all their Spanish cup games in a single season, whilst also surpassing the Basque club's record for the most La Liga-Copa del Rey doubles, with 6.
CONGRATULATIONS BARCELONA!!! CONGRATULATIONS BARCELONA!!! They are the first team to win EVERY match in the Copa since 1954
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) May 30, 2015
Surpassing Athletic (5), Barcelona have become the team with most Liga-Copa doubles in Spanish football (6) #fcblive [via pn]
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) May 30, 2015
Barcelona have scored 34 goals in their nine Copa Del Rey games this season. Unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/JkkJGaWqe6
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 30, 2015
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