Messi comes off the bench on the hour mark, replacing Thierry Henry to inject fresh attacking energy into Barcelona’s front line.

Messi sparks a fast break and threads a through ball to Samuel Eto’o, whose left-footed shot from the center of the box narrowly misses wide.

Driving forward in the attacking half, Messi beats his man and wins a free kick, keeping Barcelona camped around Shakhtar’s box.

Messi meets a Daniel Alves cross with a header from the center of the box, but his effort flies just over the bar.

Messi pounces from point-blank range and fires a right-footed shot into the high center of the net to level the score at 1–1.

Breaking into the box from the left, Messi slots a left-footed shot into the high center of the goal after a precise through ball from Xavi, completing Barcelona’s late comeback for 2–1.