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20th Jan 2015

Spanish newspaper pays stunning front page tribute to Leo Messi’s insane hat-trick record

Messi now boasts more hat-tricks than a children's magician

Ben Kiely

Mundo Deportivo have gone all out with their incredible tribute to Barcelona phenom Lionel Messi

The Argentine striker bagged his 30th hat-trick for the club during their 4-0 demolition of Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña on Sunday.

He became only the second player in history to reach the 30 hat-tricks for one club milestone after Telmo Zarra, who achieved the same landmark for Athletic Bilbao in the 40s and 50s.

Barcelona-based publication Mundo Deportivo paid homage to the sharpshooter’s outstanding goal-scoring feat by devoting their entire front page to the living legend,

The newspaper printed an image of every single match ball that Messi used to score a hat-trick with for the Spanish football behemoths, from his very first against Real Madrid in 2007, right up to the trio of beauts he netted against Deportivo at the weekend.

https://twitter.com/laligatime/status/557473880135467008

Simply amazing.

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