Leo Messi had been stuck one goal behind Cristiano Ronaldo in the Pichichi race since Week 11. Since then every brace or hattrick has been matched by his Madrid counterpart. This week, Real Madrid kicked off first. With Ronaldo scoring off a beautiful freekick, Messi had to get at least one to keep pace. Messi opened the first half with a beautiful 1-2-1-2-1-2 (that's 3 give and go's in a row) with Dani Alves before slotting home. He then went on to score one of the more ridiculous goals of the season to equal Ronaldo for the Pichichi. Why ridiculous? He dribbled past 5 defenders in the box by doing nothing more than dribbling in a straight line. No stepovers, no feints, no swivelling of the hips like a Turkish stripper, just pure dribbling.
In the corresponding fixtures last year, neither Messi nor Ronaldo played. Messi has 10 more goals at this point in the season versus last, Ronaldo 11. With so much emphasis on player fatigue after the World Cup, it makes the performance of these two all the more impressive.
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