#357Career GoalMemorable
“Against Ajax in a tight 0–0 Champions League group opener, Messi breaks the deadlock to launch a dominant night that ends in a hat-trick and brings him to 60 goals in the competition and 500 career goal contributions.”
Hat-trick
Year2013
UCL#60
2013/14'#9
Body PartLeft Foot
Shot TypeFree Kick
Technique—
2013#468
UCL · Group2013-09-18 · 20:45:00
Barcelona4-0
Ajax3G
Messi sails past 500 career goal contributions by dismantling Ajax with a Champions League hat-trick, including a trademark free-kick, setting the tone for Barcelona’s European campaign at the height of his peak years.
Minute22'
Score
0-0→1-0
xG
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Impact
Winning Goal
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