Barcelona star Raphinha on Tuesday matched a benchmark set by club legend Lionel Messi.
Barcelona are of course fresh off securing a return to winning ways.
After making the trip to Son Moix for a La Liga meeting with RCD Mallorca, the Blaugrana ran riot, en route to an eventual 5-1 triumph.
Raphinha, for his part, featured from the off in the clash, notching a brace en route to eventual Man of the Match honours.
And, as alluded to above, along the way, the excellence conjured up by the Brazilian international secured for him a place in the recent history books of Barcelona.
Raphinha, over the course of the 90 minutes tonight, racked up the following:
2 goals
4 shots on target
4 chances created
As per statisticians StatMuse, this is the first time a Blaugrana player has managed these stats in a single La Liga fixture since Lionel Messi back in 2019.
Raphinha is the first Barça player with:
— 2 goals
— 4 shots on target
— 4 chances created
in a single LaLiga match since Leo Messi in 2019. pic.twitter.com/c8HUG4vR7a
— StatMuse FC (@statmusefc) December 3, 2024
Conor Laird – GSFN