Barcelona went top of La Liga on Sunday night with a 2-0 win over struggling Recreativo Huelva. This video shows Barça’s opening goal - a cleverly worked free-kick.
The Recreativo defence - expecting a cross - completely overlooked Lionel Messi, who was hiding behind the wall. The Argentinian suddenly appears as Xavi Hernández plays the disguised pass into the box. It was Messi’s seventh league goal this season.
Recreativo are in trouble: one win in 11 games has left them second-from-bottom.
Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuaín scored four goals at the weekend, to lift his team to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Málaga. Normally this would be a unique feat, something really out of the ordinary. Well, it wasn’t. Not last Saturday. Not in La Liga.
15 minutes after the final whistle went in Madrid, Barcelona kicked off against Valladolid. Cue a first-half goal spree from Samuel Eto’o - four goals in 45 minutes. Higuaín didn’t rack up his quartet till the 79th minute.
There’s some great football in this clip, plus all the goals in a 6-0 Barça win.
On Saturday, Málaga took the lead at the Bernabéu on three separate occasions. But every time they scored, Gonzalo Higuaín found an equaliser for Real Madrid. In the 79th minute, the Argentinian striker sealed a 4-3 win for Madrid with his fourth goal of the game. The video highlights show all seven strikes and Sergio Ramos’s red card, which left Madrid with only ten men for the whole of the second half.
The fact that two of Higuaín’s goals were penalties shouldn’t lessen the feat of scoring four times in one game. After all, he earned both spot-kicks himself. He now has nine La Liga strikes to his name this season. That puts him in third place in the top goalscorer table, four goals behind Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o.
Alessandro Del Piero turned the clock back on Wednesday night with a virtuoso Champions League performance. The Italian striker, who is 34 today, grabbed two goals as Juventus defeated Real Madrid 2-0 in Spain.
The video highlights show both strikes, including the second-half free-kick which sealed the points for Juve. You’ll also be able to see the incredible reaction of the home fans to Del Piero’s performance. Despite being the architect of Real’s downfall, the Bernabéu crowd rose as one to applaud him off the pitch when he was substituted in injury time.