“With Barça already ahead, Messi threads a perfectly timed pass that slices Osasuna’s back line and leaves Fàbregas free to make it 2–0, a routine league assist that quietly contributes to his 300th direct goal involvement for the club.”
Messi storms past 300 direct goal contributions for Barcelona with a ruthless hat-trick and two assists in a single La Liga outing against Osasuna, compressing a decade-worthy tally into the form of one dominant league performance at age 24.
At 3–0 late in a dominant Champions League night against Manchester City, Messi threads a final incisive pass that releases Neymar into space, turning his hat-trick performance into a 4–0 rout and sealing career assist No. 219.
At 2–1 in stoppage time, Messi threads one more defence-splitting pass to release Marquinhos and seal PSG’s win over Saint-Étienne, completing a rare Ligue 1 assist hat-trick and pushing his career tally to 318.
At 4–1 up in an early-season rout of Osasuna, Messi threads the move that carves them open yet again, timing his pass to give Xavi a free route to goal and quietly pushing his Barça tally to 300 direct goal contributions with assist number 96.
At 4–0 up in the 88th minute, Messi threads one last incisive pass that releases Piqué to cap a 5–0 rout, rounding off a dominant hat-trick-and-brace display and taking him to 900 career goal contributions.