Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick yesterday in Barcelona’s 4-1 win over Malaga to break the record for most goals scored in a European season. Messi now has 68 goals in all competitions during the 2011-2012 season, passing the previous mark of 67 set by Gerd Muller in 1972/73.
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Related
> Hat-trick Tracker: 2011-2012
> Spanish La Liga Top Goal Scorers 2011-12
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Also yesterday – Cristiano Ronaldo could not keep pace with Messi in the La Liga goal scoring race, scoring “only” once in Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao. However that win did make CR7 a first-time winner of La Liga – and Ronaldo was clearly very satisfied with that achievement, saying to AS:
“It’s great. It’s my first league here in Spain and I’m very happy. It’s mission accomplished and to win the league is great…The players are all very happy because it gives you a lot of joy to win the league after ten months of battling. Winning the league is very difficult.”
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