“With Inter Miami level late in a Leagues Cup semi-final, Messi latches onto Jordi Alba’s pass to restore a 2–1 lead in the 88th minute, sealing a brace and marking his 60th goal for the club and 877th of his career.”
Messi reaches his 60th goal for Inter Miami with a decisive semi-final brace against Orlando City, running the game for 90 minutes to book a place in the Leagues Cup final at 38 years old.
Against Liverpool in a Champions League semi-final, Messi’s late third for Barcelona turns a tight 2–0 into a daunting 3–0 cushion and also marks his 600th goal for the club, a mythic milestone reached on one of Europe’s biggest stages.
In a tense El Clásico Champions League semi-final deadlocked at 0–0, Messi latches onto Afellay’s low cross to break Madrid’s resistance and give Barcelona a crucial first-leg lead, on the way to a brace and his 35th Champions League goal.
Against a relentless Liverpool in a Champions League semi-final, Messi doubles Barcelona’s lead to tilt the tie decisively their way, and the strike also becomes his mythical 600th goal for the club.
With Barcelona needing four more goals in the historic 6–1 comeback, Messi calmly buries a high-pressure penalty to restore the lead at 2–1 against PSG, pushing the remontada back on course and taking his Champions League tally to 94.