Spanish league La Liga is heating up as its two strongest contenders Barcelona and Real Madrid’s have tightened their grips over opponents. Sunday was the day of two brightest soccer players of contemporary soccer: Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid when they crushed their opponents with a power pack display on Sunday. While, Barcelona defeated 10-man Osasuna by a comprehensive margin of 5-1; its arch rival Real Madrid is not far behind; it also overpowered Getafe by 4-0. Both these victories are rememberable for Messi and Ronaldo performances, Messi poured the ball into the net for four times, Ronaldo scored his 20th career hat trick within a span of eleven minutes. With their respective wins; both these teams retained their highest positions in the leaderboard: Barcelona is right on the top enjoying a clear 11 points lead from second place holder Atletico Madrid who lost its match by 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao. Real is further behind of Atletico by four points. Barca came back in fashion after its first league defeat last weekend to Real Sociedad by 3-2.
Actually, both Messi and Ronaldo have achieved many milestones in the past and now again they are at the threshold of creating another history. Ronaldo has already clinched his 20th career hat trick; Messi is on the path of breaking his own Spanish league record of 50 goals; he is closely followed by none other than Ronaldo. As one of the most awaiting clashes between these two teams is coming nearer, curiosity is on the peak; perhaps sports bookies have received highest number of preliminary bets before their Copa del Rey semifinal. They both will meet each other on Wednesday in the first leg of their semis. Excited Ronaldo said about the game as, “It will be a tough game. Barcelona is a fantastic team. We will be missing several important players, but that is not an excuse. It will be a great night.”
Moreover, La Liga leaderboard has more indications about a promising finish of the league coz Malaga is tightly chasing Real with just eight point difference; perhaps it is more noticeable coz of its recent performances to reclaim fourth spot. Messi, who became the only player to score in eleven consecutive league matches, is all set to stun the audience on Wednesday while Ronaldo is also not going to leave anything that comes into his way. Cross your fingers and wait for the DDay!