Messi unleashes a left‑footed shot from outside the box that is heading for the top centre, but Andrés Fernández tips it over with a sharp save. Sergi Roberto had set him up for the effort.

Running onto a through ball from Alexis Sánchez, Messi fires a left‑footed shot from the right side of the box toward the bottom left corner, but Fernández gets down to make the save.

Messi finds space in the centre of the box and strikes with his left foot, but his shot is blocked by the defense after being set up by Sergi Roberto.

From outside the box, Messi hits another left‑footed effort towards the top centre of the goal after a pass from Dani Alves, but Fernández again saves.

Messi drives forward in the attacking half and is fouled, winning a dangerous free kick for Barcelona.

Following the set‑piece situation he created, Messi delivers the ball into the box where Alexis Sánchez meets it with a header that flies just over the bar.

Messi threads a pass to Cristian Tello on the left side of the box, whose left‑footed shot is kept out by Fernández at the bottom right corner.

After being picked out by Eric Abidal, Messi shoots left‑footed from the right side of the box but drags his effort wide of the left post.

Messi links up in the centre of the box with Isaac Cuenca, whose left‑footed strike is blocked by the Osasuna defense.

Messi slips a precise through ball to Cristian Tello on the left, and Tello’s right‑footed shot toward the bottom right corner is saved by Fernández.

In the closing moments, Messi threads a through ball into the box for Cesc Fàbregas, whose header from the centre is turned away by Fernández low to his right.