#623Career GoalMemorable
“From a tight central pocket against PSV’s packed box, Messi calmly meets Rakitić’s cushioned layoff with a first-time left-foot finish into the corner, completing his hat-trick and pushing his Champions League tally to 102 goals.”
Left FootHat-trick
Year2018
UCL#102
2018/19'#6
Body PartLeft Foot
Shot TypeField Goal
Technique—
2018#771
UCL · Group2018-09-18 · 18:55:00
Barcelona4-0
PSV3G
Messi opens Barcelona’s Champions League campaign with a ruthless hat-trick against PSV, including a trademark free-kick, dictating the game for 90 minutes as undisputed man of the match.
Minute77'
Score
2-0→3-0
xG
—
Impact
—
Assist: Rakitić I.
Similar Goals
Goal#530
2016
With Borussia Mönchengladbach’s back line set and the game still goalless, Messi pauses inside the box to steady himself before sweeping Arda Turan’s low cutback into the far corner, a composed first-time left-foot finish that breaks the deadlock and becomes his 93rd Champions League goal.
Left FootWinning Goal
vs
Borussia Mönchengladbach4–0Dec 6Goal#632
2018
With PSV’s defence packed on the edge of the box at 0–0, Messi calmly shapes his left-foot finish through a crowd from a tight central pocket to break the deadlock, adding Champions League goal number 106 to his career tally of 632.
Left Foot
@PSV1–2Nov 28Goal#846
2024
Nico Paz’s late assist in a 6–0 rout of Bolivia caps a vintage Argentina masterclass, as Messi completes a hat-trick in World Cup qualifying and pushes his career tally to 846 goals, 25 for the season and 34 in these qualifiers.
Hat-trick
vs
Bolivia6–0
Oct 15Goal#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.
Hat-trick
@
Ecuador1–3Oct 10Goal Sequence
No data
ReceiptCarryDribbleShotUnder PressureWith ballPass
ReceiptCarryDribbleShotPass
Media Center