“In an El Clásico deadlock, Messi whips a low, bending free kick around the wall and just inside the post from a difficult angle, reclaiming the lead for Barça and marking his 10th career free-kick goal and 293rd overall strike.”
At the Bernabéu in a peak-era Clásico, Messi dragged Barcelona to a draw with a brace, including a stunning long-range free kick that silenced the home crowd. In a match billed as Messi vs Ronaldo, he answered the pressure with another iconic Madrid performance that underlined his status as the defining player of the rivalry.
In the Barcelona derby deadlock, Messi whips a low, bending free kick around the Espanyol wall and just beyond the keeper’s reach to open the scoring, the first of his four-goal haul and career strike number 271.
Against Deportivo’s packed wall at 0–0, Messi whips a left-footed free kick from a difficult angle over the jump and inside the far top corner, breaking the deadlock en route to a 10/10 masterclass and his 291st La Liga goal.
From a difficult wide angle, Messi bends a left-footed free kick over the Granada wall and inside the far post to restore Barcelona’s lead, his precision from distance turning a tight league match into a 2–1 win and pushing his Barça tally beyond the 300-goal mark.
Against Valladolid he whips a vicious left‑footed free kick over the wall and into the top corner from a difficult angle, turning a tight 2–1 into 3–1 and marking his 50th career free‑kick goal and 675th overall strike.