Barcelona star joins Samuel Eto’o in history books during Valencia romp | OneFootball

Barcelona star Ferran Torres on Thursday secured for himself a piece of history.

This came owing to his exploits during Barcelona’s meeting with Valencia.

Hansi Flick’s troops are of course currently locked in action, late in a Copa del Rey quarter-final showdown at Mestalla.

As things stand, the Blaugrana are cruising towards the competition’s final four, leading their hosts by a hefty five goals to nil.

The aforementioned Ferran, meanwhile, has proven himself the star of the show, lighting up Mestalla courtesy of a first-half hat-trick against his former club.

And, as alluded to above, in the process, the 24-year-old etched his name into the recent history books at Barcelona.

As revealed by statisticians Opta:

‘Ferran Torres has scored the fastest hat-trick for Barcelona in a game in any competition (30′) since Samuel Eto’o did it against Almería in La Liga in October 2008 at home (28′).’

Conor Laird – GSFN