Memorable
#285
La Liga · Matchday 122010-11-20 · 20:00:00
0-8
Almería
Barcelona
HT 0–5
Power Horse Stadium – Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos · Almeria · 13,000 spectatorsRef: Cesar Muniz Fernandez
3Goals
2Assists
10.0Rating
MOTMHat-trick
“A ruthless demolition away to Almería where Messi turned a routine league trip into a showcase of total dominance, orchestrating an 8–0 win with a hat-trick and two assists. In the heart of his 2010–11 Ballon d’Or season, this match crystallized how he could decide a La Liga game almost single-handedly, blurring the line between scorer and playmaker. It’s one of those performances that defined the aura of inevitability around peak Messi in domestic competition.”
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Almería
KO
Barcelona16
Lionel Messi0–1
David Villa
16
Lionel Messi
0–1
David Villa
18
Andrés Iniesta0–2
18
Andrés Iniesta
0–2
26
Santiago Acasiete0–3
26
Santiago Acasiete
0–3
30
Fabián Andrés Vargas Rivera
Fabián Vargas
Fabián Andrés Vargas Rivera
Fabián Vargas
30
34
Pedro0–4
Andreu Fontàs
34
Pedro
0–4
Andreu Fontàs
36
Lionel Messi0–5
36
Lionel Messi
0–5
45
▲Thiago Alcântara
▼Andrés Iniesta
▲Seydou Kéita
▼Xavi
45
▲Thiago Alcântara
▼Andrés Iniesta
▲Seydou Kéita
▼Xavi
HT0–5
45
▲Seydou Kéita
▼Xavier Hernández Creus
45
▲Seydou Kéita
▼Xavier Hernández Creus
54
Thiago Alcântara
54
Thiago Alcântara
55
▲Bojan Krkic
▼Pedro
55
▲Bojan Krkic
▼Pedro
56
Thiago Alcântara
56
Thiago Alcântara
60
Hernán Darío Bernardello
Hernán Bernardello
Hernán Darío Bernardello
Hernán Bernardello
60
62
Bojan Krkic0–6
Lionel Messi
62
Bojan Krkic
0–6
Lionel Messi
67
Lionel Messi0–7
David Villa
67
Lionel Messi
0–7
David Villa
72
Bojan Krkic0–8
Lionel Messi
72
Bojan Krkic
0–8
Lionel Messi
FT0–8
Match Moments
KO
8
Near Miss
Messi bursts into the centre of the box and fires with his right foot, but his shot drifts just wide to the left after being set up by Dani Alves.
16
Assist
Messi threads a pass to David Villa on the right side of the box, creating a shooting chance that Villa sees blocked.
17
Goal
Messi opens the scoring with a left‑footed strike from outside the box, drilling the ball into the bottom right corner after a layoff from David Villa.
22
Assist
Messi finds David Villa with another pass outside the box, but Villa’s right‑footed effort sails over the bar.
37
Shot
Messi’s right‑footed shot from the centre of the box is pushed away low to the right by Diego Alves after a pass from Pedro.
37
Goal
Moments later Messi pounces from very close range, finishing with his left foot into the centre of the goal to extend Barcelona’s lead to 5–0.
HT0–5
62
Assist
Messi slices open the Almería defence with a through ball, sending Bojan clear to finish into the bottom right corner for Barcelona’s sixth.
65
Assist
Messi sets up David Villa outside the box, but Villa’s left‑footed strike is blocked by the defence.
67
Goal
Messi completes his hat‑trick with a composed left‑footed finish from very close range into the bottom right corner, making it 7–0.
73
Assist
On a rapid counterattack, Messi slides another through ball to Bojan, who fires into the bottom left corner to cap the 8–0 rout.
FT0–8
Milestones
100La Liga goals
A century of league goals before his 24th birthday, numbers that belonged to a veteran No. 9 but were coming from a roaming playmaker. This was the point where he stopped chasing records and started rewriting what was possible in a domestic season.
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