FC Barcelona secured the second piece of a coveted 2014 2015 football treble on Saturday, May 30th, beating Athletic Club Bilbao 3-1 to become Copa del Rey 2015 champions. With the 2014 2015 La Liga title already under their belts, and with a possible Champions League title in the offing, Barca have certainly had a golden year. And remarkably, despite the number of accomplishments that FC Barcelona have notched throughout the season, the Barcelona Copa del Rey 2015 final fixture saw what was arguably one of the football team's finest performances.

Lionel Messi's Golden Goals

The star of the Copa del Rey final, unsurprisingly, was the great Lionel Messi. Donning the Barcelona home shirt 2014 2015 for the game, the match was played on the pitch at Barca's own Camp Nou, Messi gave his team control of the fixture early on. Trapped on the sidelines at the 20th minute by a trio of Bilbao defenders, Messi somehow managed to beat them all-plus another defender in the box, and Athletic Club goalkeeper Iago Herrerin-to score the first point of the soccer match.

Already, the goal is being heralded as one of Messi's most stunning displays of athleticism and strategy under pressure. Furthermore, considering Messi's clout in the soccer world, as well as the overall importance of the Copa del Rey final, the goal will probably go down in history as one of the best ever.

For this particular match, though, it was only the beginning.

The wearers of the Athletic Bilbao home jersey 2014 2015 had been at a disadvantage at the start of the
match-simply due to Barca's unbeatable frontline and unstoppable momentum. After Messi's defense-breaking goal, their chances of winning the Copa del Rey fell to zero.

At the 36-minute mark, Barca made it a 2-0 game, with Luis Suarez setting up Neymar for an easy shot into the net. To their credit, Bilbao's defense wasn't shell-shocked by Messi for the entire game, and actually blocked quite a few of his attacks. However, by the time Messi drained his second goal of the match at the 74-minute mark-and his 58th of the 2014 2015 campaign-Bilbao's side was clearly showing fatigue.

Athletic Club did ultimately manage to get on the board. Just minutes after Messi's second goal, 20-year-old forward Inaki Williams took an assist from midfielder Ibai Gomez to save his team from a shutout. It was a strong late-game surge for the wearers of the Athletic Bilbao home jersey 2014 2015-even if it was too little, too late to put pressure on the on-fire Barcelona squad.

A Flawless Season

Next weekend, Messi, Suarez, Neymar, and the rest of the Barca soccer squad will don the Barcelona away shirt 2014 2015 and take on Juventus for the 2014 2015 Champions League title. If they win, they will cap a nearly flawless season with an all-too-rare treble of success.

The only time Barca won the La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League in a single season was during the 2008 2009 campaign. That year, they also beat out Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final before going on to top Manchester United in the Champions League. Barca also won both the La Liga and the Champions League in 2010 2011, but lost the Copa del Rey to Real Madrid.

So can Barcelona make their 2014 2015 season a perfect one and beat Juventus to claim the treble? At this point in time, it certainly looks like it. In addition to Messi's 57th and 58th goals of the current campaign, Saturday's Copa del Rey final marked the 120th goal scored by Barca's core scoring trio (Messi, Suarez, and Neymar) this year. Juventus are a good team, but almost no football team on the planet is good enough to break such a strong attacking force.