Barcelona and Real Madrid each won their Week 3 La Liga games to stay on top of the standings. Latin Post breaks down the exciting Week 3 of the Spanish Premier League.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are scheduled to play each other on Sunday, March 22. These teams make up what is known as the famous El Clasico soccer rivalry. Latin Post lists five things you may not know regarding this historic rivalry.
The two best soccer players in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, are both top 10 in all-time La Liga scoring. While Messi currently sits on top, Ronaldo is on a record breaking pace. Latin Post.com lists the top 10 La Liga goal scorers of all-time, and breaks down the statistics to see if Ronaldo can surpass Messi when it is all said and done.
After scoring a hat-trick to break Spain's La Liga all-time scoring record against Sevilla over the weekend, Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick on Wednesday against Cyrus champion APOEL FC on Tuesday to surpass Raul's all-time scorers record in UEFA Champions League history.
Lionel Messi made history when he scored his 70th and 71st career UEFA Champions League goals helping Barcelona beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0, helping the Spanish club advance into the Round of 16. Barcelona will be joined by Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, Ligue 1 champs Paris Saint-Germain and Primeira Liga club Porto in the next phase of the tournament.
Cristiano Ronaldo's amazing goal against Liverpool puts him one away from tying Raul for the UEFA Champions League career goals record, Olympiakos shocks Italian Serie A champions Juventus and Borussia Dortmund rolls to their third win in a row rolling over Galatasaray.
After tremendous performances in Week Five and looking to continuing increasing their impressive stats, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo continued their rivalry this weekend with two big games in Week Six of the 2014-15 Champions League and La Liga seasons.
