<p>"Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better". If Lionel Messi was a fan of broadway shows, the Argentine might have been humming an Irving Berlin number after his hat-trick in Barcelona's 4-0 Champions League win over Ajax on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Messi’s treble came just a day after Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Turkish giants Galatasaray as Real Madrid romped home in a 6-1 thrashing. <br /><br />What counts is not whether Messi did it better, which is a matter of opinion, but rather that the game of one-upmanship between the best players at Spain's two biggest clubs shows no sign of coming to an end.<br /><br />Both have been smashing records with breathtaking speed and are closing in on more.<br />Messi, 26, took his overall goals tally in Europe's elite club competition to 62 and is now only nine short of Raul's all-time scoring record of 71 Ronaldo, 28, is hard on his heels with 54.<br /><br />"The coaches who have come to this room have always talked about how surprising he is," Barca coach Gerardo Martino said of compatriot Messi at the Nou Camp press conference.<br />Perhaps the most characteristic of his three goals was the last, in the 75th minute.<br /><br />Starting from the right and moving left across the edge of the area, he waited for a path to clear through the tangle of Ajax legs before picking his spot in the bottom right-hand corner.<br />"I'm happy to be able to help him," Barca's new Brazilian signing Neymar told reporters.<br />"He is a genius, the best in the world," gushed the new signing. <br /><br />Another hat-trick for Messi. Another record. Another Barcelona victory.</p>
<p>"Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better". If Lionel Messi was a fan of broadway shows, the Argentine might have been humming an Irving Berlin number after his hat-trick in Barcelona's 4-0 Champions League win over Ajax on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Messi’s treble came just a day after Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Turkish giants Galatasaray as Real Madrid romped home in a 6-1 thrashing. <br /><br />What counts is not whether Messi did it better, which is a matter of opinion, but rather that the game of one-upmanship between the best players at Spain's two biggest clubs shows no sign of coming to an end.<br /><br />Both have been smashing records with breathtaking speed and are closing in on more.<br />Messi, 26, took his overall goals tally in Europe's elite club competition to 62 and is now only nine short of Raul's all-time scoring record of 71 Ronaldo, 28, is hard on his heels with 54.<br /><br />"The coaches who have come to this room have always talked about how surprising he is," Barca coach Gerardo Martino said of compatriot Messi at the Nou Camp press conference.<br />Perhaps the most characteristic of his three goals was the last, in the 75th minute.<br /><br />Starting from the right and moving left across the edge of the area, he waited for a path to clear through the tangle of Ajax legs before picking his spot in the bottom right-hand corner.<br />"I'm happy to be able to help him," Barca's new Brazilian signing Neymar told reporters.<br />"He is a genius, the best in the world," gushed the new signing. <br /><br />Another hat-trick for Messi. Another record. Another Barcelona victory.</p>