MADRID – Lionel Messi, an Argentine player for Barcelona, became the best scorer in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday after winning Telmo Zarra, who scored eight goals in the four finals he played between 1943 and 1955.
With the double that marked Athletic, which Barça defeated 4-0, Messi scored nine goals in the ten finals he played in the 2008-09 season. In addition, he set another record and became the fourth best scorer of all time in the competition.
He scored 56 goals and defeated Valencia player Edmundo Suárez “Mundo”, who added 55. Before, Messi has only three players: Guillermo Gorostiza, who scored 64 in Racing Ferrol, Athletic, Valencia and Baracaldo; José Samitier, who reached 69 in Barcelona and Real Madrid; and Telmo Zarra, the king of the Cup scorers with 81 goals in 74 games with the Athletic shirt.