Goal #359 vs Ajax · 2013-09-18

#359Career GoalMemorable

“Xavi’s pass sparks Messi’s hat-trick clincher against Ajax, rounding off a dominant 4–0 Champions League group win and pushing him further up his all-time European scoring charts with career goal 359 and his 62nd in the competition.”

Hat-trick

Year2013

UCL#62

2013/14'#11

Body PartLeft Foot

Shot TypeOpen Play

Technique—

2013#468

UCL · Group2013-09-18 · 20:45:00

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.

Minute75'

Score

3-0→4-0

xG

—

Impact

—

Assist: Xavi

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#359Career GoalMemorable

“Xavi’s pass sparks Messi’s hat-trick clincher against Ajax, rounding off a dominant 4–0 Champions League group win and pushing him further up his all-time European scoring charts with career goal 359 and his 62nd in the competition.”

Hat-trick

Year2013

UCL#62

2013/14'#11

Body PartLeft Foot

Shot TypeOpen Play

Technique—

2013#468

UCL · Group2013-09-18 · 20:45:00

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.

Minute75'

Score

3-0→4-0

xG

—

Impact

—

Assist: Xavi

Similar Goals

Goal#580

2017

With Argentina trailing 1–0 in a must-win World Cup qualifier in Quito, Messi latches onto Ángel Di María’s early pass to level the score and ignite the hat-trick that drags his country back toward Russia, bringing up career goal 580 in the process.

In a Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona trailing Arsenal, Messi’s first strike instantly drags Barça level and ignites the four-goal masterclass that turns this night into his iconic Camp Nou ‘poker’, capped as career goal No.129 and his 22nd in the competition.

Hat-trickKnockout Stage

In a do-or-die World Cup qualifier away to Ecuador, Messi completes his hat-trick from an Otamendi assist to turn Argentina’s once-precarious campaign into a 3–1 lead, pushing them firmly toward Russia and adding another strike to his towering World Cup qualifying tally.

With Barcelona already turned around against Arsenal, Messi latches onto Seydou Kéita’s pass to stretch the quarter-final lead to 3–1, completing his hat-trick on the way to a four-goal Champions League masterclass and reaching his 24th goal in the competition.

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Goal Sequence

No data

ReceiptCarryDribbleShotUnder PressureWith ballPass

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