So, you've scored a hat-trick against Barca and still lost? Join the club
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Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 12.05.25. | 14:08
Three strikers have found the back of the net in a single game against Barcelona in 2025, yet none of them won
This Barca is of a different breed, indeed.
Hansi Flick's boys have bounced back from a 2-0 deficit on various occasions this season - just like this weekend against Real Madrid - and pulled off something incredible.
As many as three strikers scored a hat-trick against the Blaugrana in 2025, but - believe it or not - none celebrated a win in those games.
Moreover, they all lost.
Four players have scored hat-trick against FC Barcelona in 2025:
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🇬🇷Vangelis Pavlidis
🇬🇳Serhou Guirassy
🇪🇸Borja Iglesias
🇫🇷Kylian Mbappe
They all lost the game/tie against Barça. pic.twitter.com/Wp6bfqwhq5
Kylian Mbappe joined that special club on Sunday by scoring three goals at Barcelona and still ending the game in despair as Real Madrid lost 4-3.
Before the Frenchman, two other players - Vangelos Pavlidis and Borja Iglesias - experienced the same disappointment.
The latter went through the same story at the same venue as Mbappe less than a month ago, when his Celta lost to the Catalans 4-3 despite his hat-trick. The visitors were 3-1 up after his third goal, well into the second half, but ended the match with their heads to the ground.
On the other hand, Pavlidis netted trice in a nine-goal Champions League thriller back in January, which ended in Barca's favour, 5-4. The Greek scored a hat-trick that night within the opening 30 minutes, and not even that staggering achievement wasn't enough for the Portuguese giants to grab at least a point at the Estadio da Luz.
The only player who actually recorded a win along with his hat-trick against Barcelona in 2025 has been Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy. The Guinean striker was unstoppable in the return leg of the Champions League quarter-final (3-1), but that was an overall loss, too, as the Blaugrana battered them in the first leg, 4-0, and won the two-legged tie 5-3 on aggregate.
No matter how remarkable a job you do in the attack and how many goals you score against Flick's Barcelona, one thing is for sure - they'll score more and beat you!
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