FC Barcelona dominated Tenerife (0-5) in the Canary Islands for the 17th round of the Spanish League. Overall, Barcelona continue to dominate in La Liga and retain a 2 point advantage of Real Madrid. Messi’s three goals has him with 12 through 14 matches in the Spanish League.
Barcelona struggled initially against Tenerife but three goals late in the first half would seal the victory and three points. Lionel Messi had a hat trick with goals in the 36th, 45th, and 75th minute, the second was by Carlos Puyol in teh 44th minute, and the final goal was an own goal by Luna.
Tenerife: Aragoneses; Juanlu (Culebras m. 46), Luna, Sicilia, Bellvis; Kome (Ángel m. 85), Mikel Alonso, Ricardo, Ayoze (Dinei m. 68); Alfaro and Nino
FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Marquez, Puyol (Milito m. 84), Maxwell; Busquets, Xavi (Chygrynskiy, m. 86), Iniesta (Pedro m. 77); Messi, Bojan and Henry
Goals: 0-1 (m. 35), Messi. 0-2 (m. 43), Puyol. 0-3 (m. 45), Messi. 0-4 (m. 75), Messi. 0-5 (m. 85), Luna (csc)
Venue: Heliodoro Rodríguez López. Attendance: 20.000