#1Career AssistMemorable
“At 4–0 up in a Champions League group game, Messi threads one more incisive pass that releases Eto’o to seal a 5–0 rout, a glimpse of how his vision would turn dominance into demolition—and it goes down as the first assist of his career.”
Year2005
UCL#1
2005/06'#1
2005#20
UCL · Group2005-11-02 · 20:45:00
Barcelona5-0
Panathinaikos1G1A
Messi records the first assist of his professional career in an 18-year-old’s full 90-minute Champions League group outing, adding a composed goal to announce himself as both scorer and creator on Europe’s biggest stage.
Minute65'
Score
4-0→5-0
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Impact
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Scorer: Samuel Eto'o
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