Barca crush Atletico

Talk before the match was primarily focused on the battle between the two young Argentinian superstars of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid: Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero. There was one clear winner as Messi helped Barcelona romp to a 3-0 victory to put the Catalan side into second spot in La Liga.

It was the sixth straight game that Lionel Messi had scored, and he is fast becoming a candidate for World Player of the Year. It is understandable why money are saying he is better than Ronaldinho.

Messi scored in the 19th minute, 3 minutes after Deco had put Barcelona ahead when he took advantage of an error by backup keeper Christian Abbiati. Xavi added a third in injury time to send Barca into 2nd.