#797
La Liga · Matchday 252019-02-23 · 16:15:00
2-4
Sevilla
Barcelona
HT 2–1
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán · Seville · 40,661 spectatorsRef: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
3Goals
1Assists
10.0Rating
MOTMHat-trick
“In a tense league trip to Sevilla, Messi dragged Barcelona back from behind with one of the most complete attacking performances of his La Liga career. His hat-trick featured three entirely different finishes—a vicious volley, a precise weaker-foot strike, and an audacious chip—before he capped it with a late assist to seal a 4–2 comeback. This match stands out as a textbook example of Messi single-handedly deciding a difficult away game in the title race.”
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Sevilla
KO
Barcelona22
Jesús Navas1–0
Yedder W.
Jesús Navas
1–0
Yedder W.
22
26
Lionel Messi1–1
Rakitić I.
26
Lionel Messi
1–1
Rakitić I.
36
Gerard Piqué
36
Gerard Piqué
38
Gerard Piqué
38
Gerard Piqué
42
Gabriel Mercado2–1
Pablo Sarabia
Gabriel Mercado
2–1
Pablo Sarabia
42
HT2–1
46
▲Sergi Roberto
▼Nélson Semedo
▲O. Dembélé
▼Arturo Vidal
46
▲Sergi Roberto
▼Nélson Semedo
▲O. Dembélé
▼Arturo Vidal
48
Rog M.
Rog M.
48
51
▲Franco Vázquez
▼Gabriel Mercado
▲Franco Vázquez
▼Gabriel Mercado
51
57
▲Amadou I.
▼Wöber M.
Wöber M.
▲Amadou I.
▼Wöber M.
Wöber M.
57
62
▲Roque Mesa
▼Rog M.
▲Roque Mesa
▼Rog M.
62
67
Lionel Messi2–2
O. Dembélé
67
Lionel Messi
2–2
O. Dembélé
69
Franco Vázquez
Franco Vázquez
69
70
Franco Vázquez
Franco Vázquez
70
79
Simon Kjær
▲Carles Aleñá
▼Philippe Coutinho
Simon Kjær
79
▲Carles Aleñá
▼Philippe Coutinho
80
Simon Kjær
Simon Kjær
80
82
Pablo Sarabia
Pablo Sarabia
82
85
Lionel Messi2–3
85
Lionel Messi
2–3
90
Roque Mesa
Roque Mesa
90
93
Luis Suárez2–4
Lionel Messi
93
Luis Suárez
2–4
Lionel Messi
FT2–4
Match Moments
KO
2
Shot
Messi is caught offside early when ter Stegen attempts a through ball in behind the Sevilla defence.
10
Shot
Messi unleashes a left-footed shot from outside the box that is blocked by a Sevilla defender after a pass from Luis Suárez.
26
Goal
Messi levels the score with a stunning left-footed volley from the centre of the box into the top left corner, meeting Ivan Rakitić’s cross.
32
Shot
Messi attempts a through ball but Umtiti is caught offside, halting the Barcelona attack.
HT2–1
51
Shot
Messi looks to release Coutinho with a through ball, but the Brazilian runs beyond the last defender and is flagged offside.
55
Shot
From the left side of the box Messi strikes with his left foot after receiving the ball from Coutinho, but his effort is blocked by the defence.
67
Goal
Messi makes it 2-2 with a composed right-footed finish from the centre of the box into the top right corner, following a set-up from Ousmane Dembélé.
71
Near Miss
Messi goes for goal with a left-footed shot from outside the box after a pass from Dembélé, but his effort sails just over the crossbar.
73
Card
Messi commits a foul in midfield, stopping a Sevilla move; the referee whistles but there is no card mentioned.
78
Shot
Messi’s left-footed strike from outside the box is heading for the top centre, but Sevilla goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík makes the save.
79
Shot
Messi quickly follows up with another left-footed shot from distance, but this attempt is blocked before it can trouble the keeper.
80
Dribble
Driving forward in the attacking half, Messi beats his marker and draws a foul to win a dangerous free kick for Barcelona.
85
Goal
Messi completes his hat-trick, arriving in the centre of the box to guide a left-footed shot into the middle of the net and put Barcelona ahead 3-2.
93
Assist
In stoppage time Messi slides a precise through ball into the box for Luis Suárez, who finishes with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner for Barcelona’s fourth.
FT2–4
Milestones
50career hat-tricks
Fifty career hat-tricks turns a feat most stars manage once or twice into something approaching routine, underscoring a scoring level few eras have ever seen. Adding ten more since already reaching forty shows how quickly he kept stretching the limits of what a forward can produce.
650career goals
Six hundred and fifty career goals is territory almost no footballer even dreams of reaching, and he arrived there just 50 strikes after an already absurd 600-mark. At this pace, each new hundred stopped feeling like a milestone and more like a running tally in a one-man era of scoring.
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