Legendary
#694
La Liga2017-04-23 · 20:45:00
2-3
Real Madrid
Barcelona
HT 1–1
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu · Madrid · 81,044 spectatorsRef: Alejandro Hernandez
2Goals
9.6Rating
MOTM
“In a title-defining Clásico at the Bernabéu, Messi dragged Barça past their greatest rivals with a brace capped by his 500th goal for the club in the 93rd minute. His last-gasp winner, followed by the iconic image of him holding his shirt up to the Madrid crowd, turned a league match into a mythic chapter in the Real Madrid–Barcelona rivalry and in his own legend.”
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Real Madrid
KO
Barcelona11
11
12
Casemiro
Casemiro
12
28
Casemiro1–0
Casemiro
1–0
28
33
Lionel Messi1–1
Rakitić I.
33
Lionel Messi
1–1
Rakitić I.
38
Samuel Umtiti
38
Samuel Umtiti
39
▲Asensio
▼Gareth Bale
Samuel Umtiti
▲Asensio
▼Gareth Bale
39
Samuel Umtiti
HT1–1
69
▲André Gomes
▼Francisco Alcácer García
69
▲André Gomes
▼Francisco Alcácer García
70
▲Kovačić M.
▼Casemiro
▲André Gomes
▼Paco Alcácer
▲Kovačić M.
▼Casemiro
70
▲André Gomes
▼Paco Alcácer
73
Rakitić I.1–2
73
Rakitić I.
1–2
77
Sergio Ramos
Sergio Ramos
77
78
Daniel Carvajal
Daniel Carvajal
78
80
80
82
▲James Rodríguez
▼Benzema K.
▲James Rodríguez
▼Benzema K.
82
85
James Rodríguez2–2
Marcelo
James Rodríguez
2–2
Marcelo
85
92
Lionel Messi2–3
Jordi Alba
92
Lionel Messi
2–3
Jordi Alba
93
Lionel Messi
93
Lionel Messi
FT2–3
Match Moments
KO
12
Dribble
Messi wins a free kick in the attacking half after carrying the ball forward and drawing a foul from Real Madrid’s defence.
21
Dribble
Play is stopped for a moment due to an injury concern for Messi after a challenge, but he is able to continue.
32
Dribble
Messi again earns a free kick in the attacking half after evading defenders and being fouled near Real Madrid’s area.
33
Goal
Messi levels the score at 1–1 with a composed left‑footed finish from the centre of the box into the bottom right corner, following a clever assist from Ivan Rakitić.
41
Near Miss
Messi comes close with a left‑footed shot from the centre of the box that flashes just wide to the left of Navas’s goal.
HT1–1
56
Dribble
Messi wins another free kick in the attacking half after driving at Real Madrid’s back line and being brought down.
57
Shot
From the resulting direct free kick, Messi’s left‑footed effort from outside the box sails high and wide to the right.
69
Shot
Messi unleashes a left‑footed shot from outside the box that is heading for the top left corner, but the goalkeeper makes a sharp save; Sergio Busquets provided the lay‑off.
77
Dribble
Deep in his own half, Messi helps relieve pressure by drawing a foul and winning a free kick in the defensive half.
81
Dribble
Messi earns yet another free kick in the attacking half as he’s fouled while trying to spark a late Barcelona attack.
83
Shot
Messi’s left‑footed shot from outside the box is on target but saved in the centre of the goal after a set‑up from Sergi Roberto.
87
Shot
Messi commits a foul late in the match, halting Real Madrid’s buildup and conceding a free kick.
92
Goal
In stoppage time, Messi scores a dramatic winner with a precise left‑footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom left corner after a cut‑back from Jordi Alba, making it 3–2 to Barcelona.
92
Card
Following his stoppage‑time winner, Messi is shown a yellow card for excessive celebration, underlining the emotion of the moment.
FT2–3
Milestones
50goals in a season
Fifty goals in a single season turns an elite scorer’s year into something closer to a video game, a benchmark only a handful of players in history have ever touched. Hitting that mark again shows the first time wasn’t a peak, but a standard he could sustain.
500Barcelona goals
Five hundred goals for a single team is a number that belongs more to mythology than to modern football, and he reached it while others were still chasing half that total. From 400 to 500 came so quickly that the question stopped being how high he could climb and became whether anyone would ever get close.
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