“With Barcelona locked at 0–0 in a Copa del Rey quarter-final against Zaragoza, Messi breaks the deadlock just before half-time, marking his first-ever goal in the competition and underlining his emergence as an 18-year-old cup threat.”
In just his second Copa del Rey campaign, 18-year-old Messi keeps a hot scoring run going with a full‑match goal in a tight quarter-final, underlining his growing reliability as Barça’s young knockout weapon.