Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has been named All Football Player of the Week again.
Messi highlights our All Football Team of the Week and was selected as a competitive candidate in our All Football Player of the Week Vote, in which he casts the most votes beating Shaqiri, Hazard, Lewandowski & Sane to the award.
Since getting ranked the 5th best player in world soccer at the annual Ballon d'Or, Messi has been a marksman on a mission. The Argentine scored three goals in 17 minutes and set up the other two in Barca's 5-0 win over Levante β the only team, who beat the Catalan giants in LaLiga last season.
According to Opta, he is now the first player to reach double figures for both goals (14) and assists (10) in the top five European leagues this season.
With this wonderful hat-trick, the 31-year-old is now just one hat-trick shy of his longstanding rival Ronaldo, who has scored 44 hat-trick during his time at Real Madrid. Overall, Ronaldo has scored 51 hat-tricks for club and country, while Messi now sits on 49 trebles, despite having played 152 games less.
Messi also took his tally for the calendar year to 50 strikes, reaching this milestone for the eighth time in his career.
Can you ask for more from him?
tropicalda
173
Messi is like once in a generation talent. We've often seen players who do a few tricks that makes people watching go wow but Messi offers something more. He not only beats players but does that with such grace that it leaves you speechless. He has scored all kinds of goals and not only that, he can create chances out of nowhere. It is extremely difficult to keep him quiet. You don't often get a player who is technically gifted, has a good amount of pace, an incredible eye for goal, a bag of tricks and to top it off, he also is a free kick specialist along with having a more than decent passing range
aryan-tyagi
95
players came and go but those who never leave your heart are called goats everyone talks about how they are not the same and aren't doing the things they once did but why don't they understand. they still do thing normal humans can't even think about.
sethfinntrillo
73
we are tired of messi every week is player of the week
Jhoxua11
71
π₯ Leo #Messiπ₯ π Record 5th #GoldenShoe ππ 2009/10 πβ½ 34 goals ππ 2011/12 πβ½ 50 goals ππ 2012/13 πβ½ 46 goals ππ 2016/17 πβ½ 37 goals ππ 2017/18 πβ½ 34 goals
rawikmprs
58
not much to say...football mean to say the true and the true is Messi ..I am a Real Madrid ..Liverpool and inter d Milan supporter but over all I love football so to that ones who blind themselves because the country they belong or the club they support in Europe ...we must thanks the opportunity that we have to enjoy this wonderful generation of players Messi Ronaldo hazard dybala salah lewadonski cavani suarez iniesta silva dimaria kun griesman de brune ramos pique(the atletico defender front uruguay and the goalkeeper too) sane modric cros navas.buffon. de G..cortrua..Allison .exactly in this order..thanks a lot .. in South America we really love football ...to be a supporter mean to be in good and bad times with our clubs but overall to recognise the real football and the BEST NEW THE THE BEST IS MESSI