Messi drives forward in the attacking half and draws a foul, winning a free kick for Barcelona.

Messi cuts in from the right side of the box and fires a low left‑footed shot that is saved down to the bottom left corner, after a pass from Xavi.

Messi again carries the ball in the attacking half and is fouled, earning another dangerous free kick for Barcelona.

From the resulting free kick, Messi curls a left‑footed shot into the top left corner to make it 2–0 for Barcelona.

Messi stretches for a right‑footed effort from the right side of the six‑yard box, sending the ball just wide of the right post.

After a pass from Neymar, Messi shoots left‑footed from the left side of the box, narrowly missing to the left.

Messi combines with Xavi outside the box, laying the ball off for him before Xavi’s right‑footed shot is blocked.

Messi threads a through ball looking for Neymar, but the move is halted as Neymar is flagged offside.

Messi meets a headed pass from Alexis Sánchez with a header from the centre of the box that goes just wide of the right post.

On a fast break, Messi connects with a cross from Alexis Sánchez and drives a left‑footed shot from the centre of the box high and wide to the left.

Messi slides a pass to Neymar in the centre of the box, but Neymar’s right‑footed shot drifts wide to the right.

Cesc Fàbregas finds Messi in the centre of the box, where Messi’s right‑footed shot is blocked by the defence.

Receiving another pass from Cesc Fàbregas, Messi strikes left‑footed from outside the box, but his shot is blocked.

From a Xavi cross following a corner, Messi’s powerful header from the centre of the box crashes against the bar, agonisingly close to another goal.

Moments later in the same move, Messi connects with another Xavi cross from the centre of the box, but his left‑footed shot is blocked.

Driving at the Almería defence, Messi is brought down and wins yet another free kick in the attacking half.

Messi takes on a left‑footed shot from outside the box, but his effort is blocked before it can trouble the goalkeeper.