The Atletico Madrid sensation got his name in to the history books of La Liga, as he scored an incredible five goals against a lacklustre Deportivo side.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Cristiano Ronaldo are hailed as the top 2 players of this generation and no other player is accepted to belong to the same category in which the Argentine and the Portuguese are placed.
Colombian forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, is one player who keeps on knocking at the door of the two football geniuses and may be it is time that the Atletico Madrid forward is honoured with the same berth as the two above mentioned stars.
The Spanish La Liga goal scoring charts are very rarely contended by any player other than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 and Lionel Messi, but this season there is a different name, known as Radamel Falcao, that is on to challenge the two mercurial forwards.
Already 3rd in the goal-scoring charts of La Liga before the domestic league’s latest match-day and being just 2 goals shy of Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Falcao had netted in a breathtaking tally of 11 goals for Los Rojiblancos.
However, this weekend was to be a historical one for the former Porto striker as he took on to face Liga rivals, Deportivo La Coruna.
The match saw the Madrid based side score 6 past helpless Deportivo and Falcao achieved a mesmerizing feat that has not been accomplished by the present-day greats of the game, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ruthless Falcao had a night to remember as he scored 5 times in the game, becoming the only man after Real Madrid legend, Fernando Morientes, to achieve the landmark.
This was the first time in more than a decade that a player had scored 5 goals in Spain’s top flight league.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Morientes-c13689 had scored the same number of goals against Las Palmas back in February of 2002.
Falcao now is 2nd in the top scorer’s charts as he has 16 goals to his name and trails http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 forward Lionel Messi by 7 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo is 3rd in the list with 13 goals to his name.
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