Rivaldo Hat Trick Barcelona x Valencia 2001

A classic match. Barcelona against Valencia at Nou Camp on the last day of La Liga 2000-01. Barcelona needed to win and Valencia a draw to classify to Champions League. Rivaldo scored an amazing hat trick. A skillfull, brave and unique player making history. This is eternal. Just look at him celebrating his second goal. He is so willing to win. It quite possibly saved Barcelona from liquidation and inspired the first (and only, to date) pitch invasion at the Nou Camp,” reckons Liam McCubbin. “The occasion, the pure audacity and the execution, which touched genius,” coos Jonathan Neale. You can’t argue with that. www.guardian.co.uk

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