Spanish football giants Barcelona FC, has emerged winners of the Copa Del Rey after their 4-0 humiliation of Athletic Bilbao on Saturday night.
Barcelona had to wait until after the break for Antoine Griezmann to open scoring in the 60th minute, following a fine assist from Frenkie de Jong.
Frenkie who was very fantastic during the game scored Barcelona’s second 3 minutes later, he also gave another assist for Barcelona’s third goal which Messi scored in the 68th minute.
Read: Barcelona stars dedicate an emotional video in honour of Lionel Messi (watch).
Messi finally sealed the game by extending the lead to 4. Below are some of the records broken in the game:
Messi
Lionel Messi has scored 30 goals in 34 finals for Barcelona, making him Spanish Cup final all time top scorer.
The 33-year-old player has also scored 31 goals this season, which is the same amount of goals he scored last season for Barcelona. It implies that Messi has notched 30+ goals for 13 straight seasons.
It’s also Messi’s 35th career trophy – the most for any player for a single club, breaking Ryan Giggs’ record.
Frenkie de Jong
With one goal and two assists against Bilbao, Frenkie de Jong is the second player to be directly involved in three goals in a Copa del Rey final in the 21st century, after Lionel Messi did it with Sevilla in 2018 (one goal, two assists).
Antoine Griezmann
Antoine Griezmann has scored six goals in his last five finals, (Europa League – 2, World Cup – 1, Supercopa – 2, Copa del Rey – 1). He’s a big game player.
Barcelona
Barça still stands as the most successful club in Copa del Rey history with 31 trophies in the competition. They won 7 titles in the last 13 seasons (2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2016 and 2021).
