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1st Leg#249
UCL · QF · 2nd Leg2010-04-06 · 20:45:00
Barcelona4-1HT 3–16 - 3
ArsenalSpotify Camp Nou · Barcelona · 93,330 spectatorsRef: Wolfgang Stark
4Goals
10.0Rating
MOTMHat-trick
“At just 22, Messi hits a Champions League quarter-final poker against Arsenal, turning a tight tie into a one-man demolition that underlines his early-era dominance on Europe’s biggest stage.”
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Barcelona
KO
Arsenal18
Nicklas Bendtner0–1
18
Nicklas Bendtner
0–1
21
Lionel Messi1–1
Lionel Messi
1–1
21
31
Denílson
31
Denílson
37
Lionel Messi2–1
Pedro
Lionel Messi
2–1
Pedro
37
42
Lionel Messi3–1
Seydou Kéita
Lionel Messi
3–1
Seydou Kéita
42
44
Tomáš Rosický
44
Tomáš Rosický
HT3–1
53
▲Maxwell
▼Éric Abidal
▲Maxwell
▼Éric Abidal
53
56
▲Yaya Touré
▼Bojan Krkic
▲Yaya Touré
▼Bojan Krkic
56
64
▲Emmanuel Eboué
▼Mikaël Silvestre
64
▲Emmanuel Eboué
▼Mikaël Silvestre
67
Emmanuel Eboué
67
Emmanuel Eboué
73
▲Eduardo da Silva
▼Tomáš Rosický
73
▲Eduardo da Silva
▼Tomáš Rosický
86
▲Andrés Iniesta
▼Pedro
▲Andrés Iniesta
▼Pedro
86
88
Lionel Messi4–1
Lionel Messi
4–1
88
FT4–1
Milestones
4goals in one game
Four goals in a single match is poker-level dominance that even elite forwards rarely touch across an entire career. Turning one game into his personal shooting gallery, he showed how easily he could bend the scoreboard to his will.
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