Messi's milestone matches with Barcelona

Messi's milestone matches with Barcelona

Yahoo - Sports·2021-08-06 06:01

AFP Sport takes a look at some of Lionel Messi's finest moments with Barcelona, for whom he played 788 games before it was announced the global star would be leaving on Thursday.

- First hat-trick against Real Madrid (2007) -

March 10, 2007, a 3-3 draw in La Liga at home to Real Madrid.

Two left-footed strikes from the mesmerising Argentine starlet Messi brought Barcelona back into a game where Ruud van Nistelrooy had plundered a 2-0 lead at the Nou Camp for arch-rivals Real Madrid. But Messi's cheeky 90th minute equaliser after stealing the ball form Sergio Ramos made the then 19-year-old and his deadly finishing the talk of the town.

- Seismic 6-2 win at Real Madrid (2009) -

May 2, 2009, a 6-2 Liga win at Real Madrid.

Messi was at the heart of three of the goals that saw Madrid slip to their bitterest home defeat ever to Barcelona in a painful 6-2 lesson. As Messi bloomed at the heart of a Barcelona side flourishing around him, the team won worldwide acclaim that year with a treble of Liga, Spanish Cup and Champions League under coach Pep Guardiola.

- Four-goal haul against Arsenal (2010) -

April 6, 2010, a 4-1 Champions League quarter-final win over Arsenal at the Camp Nou.

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