#665Career GoalLegendary
“Against Liverpool in a Champions League semi-final, Messi’s late third for Barcelona turns a tight 2–0 into a daunting 3–0 cushion and also marks his 600th goal for the club, a mythic milestone reached on one of Europe’s biggest stages.”
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Year2019
UCL#112
2018/19'#48
Body PartLeft Foot
Shot TypeFree Kick
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2019#812
UCL · Semi-Final · 1st Leg2019-05-01 · 21:00:00
3-0
Barcelona
Liverpool
2G
In a Champions League semi-final against a relentless Liverpool, Messi imposed himself on the tie with a ruthless brace capped by a sublime 35-yard free kick that seemed to settle the contest. The image of him standing over that dead ball and lifting it into the top corner became one of the defining moments of his European career, made even more iconic by the shocking second-leg collapse that turned this first-leg masterclass into a tragic epic.
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2-0→3-0
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