Things seem to be going good in Camp Barça. The team have recovered their best version and that has helped several players to improve their performances. As a proof, Eto’o signed his first hat-trick in La Liga for the first time since he has been playing in the Spanish League. The two previous times he scored three goals in one game were in UEFA Cup (against Hapoel Nicosia in the season 2003/2004), playing for Mallorca, and Champions League (against Panathinaikos in the season 2005/2006), already playing for Barça.
Samuel has scored 8 goals in the current edition of the Spanish League, which could seem mediocre numbers for a world class striker. However, the figures are outsanding as Eto’o has only played six League games, due to being injured for over two months and his performance in the Africa Cup of Nations, where Cameroon were defeated in the final.
