hat trick Oriol Soldevila Barcelona still exists echo on the football scene. Despite the loss, Intercity’s success made headlines in the national press with the way she tied the Barça team struggling with the stars. Among the main characters is the most talked about midfielder of recent hours. On the left, still in a cloud after scoring all three goals for his team, More than 20 years later, he emulated the success of Alicante’s Toni Madrigal, who was then Novelda’s striker and scored a hat-trick in just 20 minutes. Against Barcelona in the King’s Cup. On this occasion, in 2002, the Verdiblanco team managed to knock out Barcelona with a Magdalena that turned into a pressure cooker. Van Gaal of the cup tournament, a feat that is still remembered today.
Leaving (3-2) without absorbing Novelda’s elimination, he played for Barcelona. Xavi Hernandez, the current coach of the Barça team. like the players Frank De Boer, Reiziger, Riquelme, Motta, Gabri, Saviola, Bonano or Geovanni. Novelda accepted the next round and unfortunately they were eliminated by Terrassa. And Madrigal became the first player to score a hat-trick for Barça.
Three goals from the player from Alicante accompanied him throughout his later career. The importance of scoring a hat-trick against Barcelona goes beyond borders and remains in every fan’s memory. “It was unforgettable, there were additional stands on the sides, but people were standing in the background and the end was not visible”When Madrigal stepped onto the field where his life changed once again in September 2002, he admitted in an interview with this newspaper on the 15th anniversary of this success. “There were no conversations or magic potions in the locker room. It didn’t seem like we could do anything, we congratulated ourselves for competing well but we didn’t say ‘we will beat them’ or anything like that,” Madrigal said in an interview with Ramón Pérez.
On this occasion, Barcelona were eliminated from the tournament, but last Wednesday the culé team played at Rico Pérez. He needed to rush for an overtime and a goal from Ansu Fati. to avoid some punishment where anything can happen. Solde has been Barça’s nightmare, as Madrigal was 20 years ago. Both will never forget what it meant and the importance of scoring three goals for the Barça team. “Before the match I made a joke with a Culé friend that I would score three goals for Barça to win on penalties. It almost happened, but I’m still very happy with the way things are going. It was a dream game,” admitted Intercity midfielder, Eldense’s lead in Sunday’s derby. Again, he has to make up his mind. In Madrigal’s case, the hangover from his “hat-trik” drove him past Palamós..
“I met Ansu Fati, Balde and above all Arnau Tenas, with whom I had a great friendship, and we talked almost every day,” recalled the Intercity striker at the Barça youth academy to explain that he wanted the blaugrana jersey from the third goalkeeper. “because I was so excited to have it”.
One of the anecdotes that Toni remembers most is the gesture Van Gaal made at the end of the match, which he described in an interview with Golsmedia: “The only thing that caught my attention was when the match was over. We were in the dressing room when suddenly the doorbell rang and Barça coach Louis Van Gaal was on the other side. He came to congratulate us on the victory and that was very valuable because he was in the limelight and it was unusual for him to come into the locker room to congratulate us on our work.”