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With his two goals against Levante, Lamine Yamal has matched Lionel Messi in a 21st-century goalscoring milestone in La Liga that eluded even Cristiano Ronaldo. Lamine Yamal led FC Barcelona back to victory on Sunday, scoring another brace in a 4-2 away win against Levante UD. With his latest two-goal performance, the 19-year-old phenom matched Lionel Messi in a 21st-century La Liga goalscoring milestone that eluded even Cristiano Ronaldo. On Sunday, September 13, Barcelona visited Levante for Matchday 5 of the 2026-27 La Liga campaign. The Blaugrana struck early, with Xavi Espart opening the scoring in the fifth minute. In the 19th minute, Fermin Lopez slipped a through ball to Raphinha, who controlled a deflected pass, rounded the goalkeeper, and centered the ball for Yamal to tap in his first goal from inside the six-yard box. Early in the second half, Yamal drew a penalty after being brought down inside the box by Levante defender Aissa Mandi, who had initially fallen while attempting to block a shot. Yamal stepped up and converted the spot kick, completing his second double of the afternoon as Barcelona closed out a 4-2 win to maintain their perfect start atop the La Liga table. With the performance, Lamine Yamal became just the second player in the 21st century to record three braces within the first five matches of a La Liga season. The display marked his third consecutive multi-goal outing in top-flight play, following back-to-back braces in a 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano and a 5-0 victory against Valencia. The historic 2012-13 precedent set by Lionel Messi The only other player to accomplish the feat this century was Lionel Messi during his historic 2012-13 campaign with Barcelona. During that run, the Argentine legend opened the season with three braces across his first four appearances, featuring against Real Sociedad (5-1) on Matchday 1, Osasuna (2-1) on Matchday 2, and Getafe (4-1) on Matchday 4. While Yamal is still in the early stages of establishing his long-term scoring profile, his blistering start provides strong momentum for his overall trajectory. The 2012-13 campaign stood as Messi’s second-highest scoring year in domestic play with 46 La Liga goals, trailing only his record 50-goal season in 2011-12. Cristiano Ronaldo and a streak never achieved Cristiano Ronaldo stands as the second-highest goalscorer in La Liga history with 311 goals, trailing only Messi’s all-time mark of 474, but the Portuguese forward never recorded three braces within his first five league appearances. However, Ronaldo holds his own historic scoring start that remains a high bar for any young winger to match. During the opening stretch of the 2014-15 La Liga season, Ronaldo missed one of Real Madrid’s first five fixtures yet still erupted for nine goals. He scored single goals against Cordoba CF and Atletico Madrid, netted a hat-trick against RC Deportivo La Coruna on Matchday 4, and capped the run by scoring four goals against Elche CF on Matchday 5.
Two assists and the winner for Deportivo A Coruña leave Gabonese striker with one club record and eyeing anotherPierre-Emerick Aubameyang was already the best player on the pitch when he ran through to score Deportivo A Coruña’s winner on Saturday night. It was certainly not Ilias Akhomach, the Villarreal substitute whose pass on halfway had inadvertently played Aubameyang through, nor Sergi Cardona, the intended target of that pass. After 89 minutes and two assists, the 37-year-old Aubameyang raced the length of the half to slot past Luiz Júnior to make it 3-2.It had been a similar case the week before, when Aubameyang’s pace left the Valencia defenders behind before he dinked the ball over the goalkeeper. The week before that, he calmly rounded Málaga’s Alfonso Herrero before opening the scoring. The week before that, the former Barcelona striker marked his return to La Liga against Elche with a superb touch and finish from Lorenzo Amatucci’s diagonal pass. Scoring in each of his first four games for Deportivo is a club record, eclipsing Bebeto’s fast start of three in a row from 1992. Continue reading...
With his latest goal for Barcelona against Valencia, Raphinha surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo and matched Lionel Messi in an iconic 21st-century La Liga benchmark. Raphinha has emerged as FC Barcelona‘s chief goalscoring threat during the opening stretch of the 2026-27 season, powering the club to the top of the table with staggering efficiency. With his latest strike in a 5-0 victory over Valencia, Raphinha surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo’s best four-match league start while matching Lionel Messi for an iconic 21st-century La Liga benchmark. Barcelona visited Valencia for Matchday 4 with an attacking trident featuring Anthony Gordon and Lamine Yamal on the flanks while Raphinha operated as the central striker. The Brazilian once again found his name on the scoresheet in the 50th minute with Barcelona leading 2-0, turning in an accurate cross from Fermin Lopez to redirect the ball into the back of the net. With that finish, Raphinha reached six goals across the opening four fixtures of the 2026-27 La Liga campaign, scoring in every single match thus far. He becomes just the second Barcelona player in the 21st century to accomplish the feat, joining Lionel Messi in elite company. The Barcelona legend was the first player in modern club history to score six goals through the opening four matches of a La Liga season, accomplishing the feat twice. Messi first reached six goals through four games in 2012-13 by netting three braces despite going scoreless on Matchday 3, before repeating the milestone in 2013-14 with a brace and a hat trick despite missing Matchday 2 through injury. Lionel Messi of Barcelona shoots for score in front of Adil Rami of Valencia. (Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images) Operating outside the mold of a conventional central target man, Raphinha stands as the competition’s premier goalscorer. The Brazilian opened his account with a brace in a 5-0 Matchday 1 win over Elche, scored once in a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao, added another brace in a 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano, and extended his streak against Valencia. Barcelona sit atop the La Liga standings with a perfect 12 points from four matches, displaying lethal form in front of goal with 17 total team goals while surrendering just two at the defensive end. Cristiano Ronaldo left off the mark Cristiano Ronaldo routinely shattered goalscoring standards following his 2009 arrival at Real Madrid. However, unlike Messi and Raphinha, the Portuguese icon never matched that specific four-game scoring surge to open a La Liga season. Ronaldo’s personal best through Matchday 4 of a La Liga campaign stood at five goals, a mark he achieved across three separate seasons. He first set the standard during his 2009-10 debut campaign before replicating it in 2014-15 and 2015-16, highlighted by a five-goal masterclass against Espanyol on Matchday 3 of the latter campaign. Nevertheless, the Portuguese star produced an unprecedented scoring stretch later in that 2014-15 campaign by racking up nine goals across his first four individual league appearances. After sitting out Matchday 2 due to injury, Ronaldo hit nine goals through Matchday 5, scoring once against Cordoba, once against Atletico Madrid, three against Deportivo La Coruna, and four against Elche.
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