“Abidal’s stoppage-time assist lets Messi seal Barcelona’s win over FC Copenhagen, turning a tight 1–0 Champions League group game into a 2–0 cushion and quietly pushing him past the 150-career-goal mark to 151.”
Messi reaches the 150-career-goal milestone with a clinical Champions League brace against FC Copenhagen, dictating the game over 90 minutes as Barcelona’s undisputed match-winner.
Piqué’s stoppage-time assist caps a dominant night as Messi completes his hat-trick against Viktoria Plzeň, turning a routine group win into the moment he reaches 200 goals for Barcelona and 42 in the Champions League.
In a tense Champions League quarter-final at 0–0 against PSG, Messi latches onto Dani Alves’ defence-splitting pass to break the deadlock, opening the scoring on the night and pushing his career tally to 342 goals, including 59 in the competition.
At 90+4' with Barcelona level in Donetsk, Messi latches onto Xavi’s pass to snatch a stoppage-time Champions League winner, retaking the lead and bringing up his 10th goal in the competition.
With Inter Miami level late in a Leagues Cup semi-final, Messi latches onto Jordi Alba’s pass to restore a 2–1 lead in the 88th minute, sealing a brace and marking his 60th goal for the club and 877th of his career.