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Powered by NeoCortex · NeoAxonMessi threads a pass out to Andrés Iniesta, who unleashes a right‑footed shot from outside the box that flies high and wide of the right post.
From outside the box, Messi strikes with his left foot but his shot is blocked before it can trouble the Sevilla keeper, after being set up by Xavi.
Messi delivers a precise cross into the area, where Carles Puyol meets it with a header that is saved in the middle of the goal.
Messi drives forward in the attacking half and is fouled, winning a free kick for Barcelona in a dangerous area.
Combining with Andrés Iniesta, Messi unleashes a left‑footed shot from outside the box that is tipped away from the top‑left corner by the goalkeeper.
Messi again runs at Sevilla’s defense in the attacking half, drawing another foul and earning Barcelona a free kick.
Set up by Xavi, Messi cuts inside and hits a left‑footed effort from outside the box that sails high and wide to the left, just missing the target.
Messi lays the ball off to Xavi outside the box, whose right‑footed shot is blocked by the Sevilla defense.
Messi commits a foul late in the first half; while no card is recorded, the challenge briefly halts Barcelona’s momentum.
Released down the right by Dani Alves, Messi shoots with his right foot from the side of the box, but his effort is saved centrally by the keeper.
From a corner routine, Messi swings in a cross that finds Zlatan Ibrahimović, whose close‑range header drifts just wide of the left post.
After a cross from Zlatan Ibrahimović, Messi lashes a left‑footed shot from the right side of the box that flies too high over the bar.
Fed by Xavi, Messi strikes a left‑footed shot from the center of the box that is saved by the goalkeeper in the middle of the goal.
Messi sets up Zlatan Ibrahimović in the box, but the Swede’s left‑footed shot from close range is blocked by the defense.
Messi makes it 3–0, arriving in the center of the box to meet a Daniel Alves cross and guiding a left‑footed shot into the bottom right corner.
In the final minutes, Messi latches onto an Eric Abidal through ball and finishes calmly with his left foot from the center of the box into the middle of the net for Barcelona’s fourth.
One hundred goals marked the moment his scoring stopped being a hot streak and became an era-defining norm. From this point on, every new tally felt like it was rewriting what a forward could do in modern football.