Messi bursts into the box and hits a left‑footed shot from the center of the area, but Manu Fernández saves it low to his bottom left. Luis Suárez had set him up with a clever pass.

Messi takes a right‑footed shot from the center of the box after combining with Neymar, but a Deportivo defender throws himself in the way and blocks the effort. Neymar’s incisive play creates the opening.

Messi slices open the defense with a perfectly weighted through ball, sending Luis Suárez clear in the box for a right‑footed finish into the bottom left corner to make it 2–0.

Receiving a pass from Neymar, Messi fires a left‑footed shot from the center of the box, but again a Deportivo defender blocks the attempt before it can test the goalkeeper.

Messi commits a foul late in the first half, halting a Deportivo move and drawing the referee’s whistle, though no booking is shown.

Messi threads another precise through ball into the area, finding Luis Suárez, who finishes clinically with a right‑footed shot from the center of the box to extend the lead to 4–0.

Suárez squares the ball across the box for Messi, who calmly slots a left‑footed shot from the center of the area into the bottom left corner to make it 6–0.

Messi picks out Luis Suárez with a late pass into the right side of the box, but Suárez’s right‑footed shot flies too high, narrowly missing the chance to add another goal.