The Brazilian international scored a sensational hat-trick in the Peixe’s 3-1 win over Internacional in the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday, just hour’s after Messi netted five times for Barcelona, in the Catalan side’s 7-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.
”This so called rivalry between Messi and me does not exist. He is on another level. I have already said before that he is the best in the world. There’s no doubt about that,” the 20-year-old said.
”I consider myself to be a fan of Messi, and hope that he puts in many more performances like that. I am doing whatever I can to one day reach the same level. He is already in full swing, and I hope to achieve the same.”
