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. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/oct/13/theknowledge.sport

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• rivaldo
• barcelona
• hat
• trick
• valencia
• la
• liga
• 2001
• overhead
• kick
• bicicleta

[barcakid101]

back when la liga was awesome to watch,entertaining,skillfull with great teams.now its just two teams,so sad

[troumacaq]

@barcakid101 yeah, I must agree with you. It's hard to even have a third power nowadays. I'm a huge Barça fan but I would like to see other teams getting back on track, such as La Coruna, Atletico de Madrid and even Valencia, despite the fact that I don't like Canizares at all! :)

[MrGiorgixl1]

canisarez dislike this ? :D

[troumacaq]

@MrGiorgixl1 hahah I'm sure it's him!

[carlo88moe]

aww look at young puyol at the end

[troumacaq]

@carlo88moe yeah. young and already behaving like a captain :)

[troumacaq]

@bubs5898 I know Rivaldo isn't pride of that. But you can't judge a great player just for that action. It's the same thing for Zidane for instance. He can't be remembered just because of his last game in the 2006 World Cup.

[Wobertio47]

The greatest hatrick in the history of football! Full stop.

[elianehokama]

amazing goal

[jair5146]

@jair5146 barcelona no puede olvidar a este crack deben hacerle un homenaje

[jair5146]

@isashion creo que ha sido el mejor gol en la historia del barcelona por lo que significo por el gesto tecnico una verdadera obra de arte de este señor rivaldo por algo es y sera de los mejores jugadores en la historia del futbol

[troumacaq]

@carlo88moe and not just that! With his amazing last goal he made sure that Barcelona would play Champions League in the following year!

[troumacaq]

@isashion yeah, that would be great. Unfortunetly Rivaldo and Barcelona don't seem to have such a good relationship nowadays. I think Rivaldo departure wasn't an easy one...