Messi drives forward and wins a free kick in the attacking half after being fouled, helping Barcelona set up an early dangerous situation.

Messi combines in the box and lays the ball off for Xavi, whose right‑footed shot from the left side of the area is blocked.

Messi slides a precise through ball to Xavi in the center of the box, but Xavi’s right‑footed effort is saved centrally by the goalkeeper.

Messi threads a through ball to Neymar on the left side of the box, where Neymar’s right‑footed shot is blocked by the defense.

On a swift counterattack, Messi latches onto Neymar’s pass and fires a left‑footed shot from the center of the box that crashes off the left post.

Messi unleashes a left‑footed strike from outside the box after receiving the ball from Sergio Busquets, sending it just wide to the right.

Messi finally breaks the deadlock, calmly finishing with his left foot from the center of the box into the bottom left corner to put Barcelona 1–0 up.

Messi feeds Xavi outside the box, and Xavi’s right‑footed shot is pushed away low to the right by the goalkeeper.

Messi spots Cesc Fàbregas making a run to the left side of the box and sets him up, but Fàbregas’s left‑footed shot is saved low at the near corner.