In the Spanish "La Liga" championship, three matches of the 25th round were played on Saturday.
At home, "Barcelona" extended their winning streak to four. Led by Lionel Messi, the Catalans humiliated "Eibar" with a score of 4-0.
In the Spanish championship, L. Messi went four consecutive matches without goals, but in this match he bounced back in a big way - scoring the first four goals for his team.
In the 14th minute, the Argentine scored after an impressive run, and in the 37th minute, he received a great pass from Arturo Vidal. L. Messi completed his "hat-trick" by adding a fourth goal to his tally just 3 minutes after his second goal.
In the second half, both teams had chances, but the Catalans were much more cool-headed.
L. Messi finished his impressive performance with a "poker", to which Arthur added a goal at the end of the match with four goals.
After the victory, "Barcelona" returned to the top of the league table.
In other matches, "Valencia" suffered their second defeat of the week, as they fell 0-3 away to "Real Sociedad" in San Sebastian.
Results:
"Barcelona" 5 - 0 "Eibar" 14' [1 - 0] L. Messi 37' [2 - 0] L. Messi 40' [3 - 0] L. Messi 88' [4 - 0] L. Messi 89' [5 - 0] Arthur
"Celta" 1 - 0 "Leganes" 62' [1 - 0] I. Aspas 21' F. Bradaric ("Celta") sent off from the field
"Real Sociedad" 3 - 0 "Valencia" 12' [1 - 0] M. Merino 45+1' [2 - 0] N. Monreal 48' [3 - 0] A. Januzaj
