Barcelona will finish another weekend as La Liga leaders thanks to a very good 5-2 win over Mallorca at Camp Nou. The Blaugrana treated us to a truly special first half performance with four fantastic goals, then cruised to a victory in the second despite a few shaky defensive moments. Lionel Messi presented his Ballon d’Or to the crowd and scored a hat-trick, which we are now going to call a GOAT-trick on this website. You’re welcome.
FIRST HALF
From the first minute Barça looked up for it and hungry for a big win, and they had a two-goal lead within the first 17 minutes: first it was Antoine Griezmann who found himself all alone in front of goal after a genius long ball by Marc-André ter Stegen and chipped the keeper for the opener; then Lionel Messi joined the scoring party early with one of his special curling efforts into the top corner.