“At 6–1 up in Almería, Messi threads another ruthless pass that slices open a beaten defence and gifts Bojan Barcelona’s seventh, padding out a hat-trick performance and quietly adding career assist No. 64.”
Messi reaches 100 La Liga goals before turning 24 and does it with a ruthless hat-trick and two assists against Almería, turning an ordinary November league game into a statement of record-breaking dominance.
With Argentina already 2–0 up in World Cup qualifying stoppage time, Messi threads a perfectly timed pass that splits Bolivia’s tiring back line and releases Julián Álvarez to make it 3–0, capping a first-half masterclass and logging career assist number 377.
With Argentina already ahead in a World Cup qualifier, Messi threads a perfectly timed pass that splits Bolivia’s defence to give Lautaro Martínez a simple finish for 2–0, a control-and-vision assist that anchors a 6–0 rout and becomes career assist No. 376, his 15th of the season.
At 1–2 down in a Copa del Rey quarter-final, Messi threads the equalising pass that cracks Levante open and sparks Barcelona’s comeback, completing an assist hat-trick and pushing his career tally to 146.
At 2–2 in a Copa del Rey quarter-final, Messi threads the late pass that restores Barça’s lead and completes an assist hat-trick, underlining a night where his playmaking alone decides the tie’s first leg.