Messi cuts inside and unleashes a left‑footed shot from outside the box, but Anthony Lopes dives low to his left to make the save.

Immediately after, Messi tries a right‑footed effort from outside the box, but his shot is blocked by the Lyon defence.

Suárez threads a through ball toward Messi breaking in behind, but the move is halted as Messi is flagged offside.

Messi calmly converts from the spot with a left‑footed shot down the centre, sending Lopes the wrong way to open the scoring.

Messi slips Suárez into the box with a clever pass, and Suárez’s right‑footed shot from the left side of the area is saved low to the right by Lopes.

Messi drives down the right wing, drawing a foul as he protects the ball and wins a free kick in an advanced wide position.

Breaking into the box on the right, Messi latches onto a through ball from Busquets and fires a low left‑footed shot that Lopes again saves in the bottom left corner.

Dropping deep near his own half, Messi shields the ball under pressure and draws a foul, earning a defensive‑zone free kick for Barça.

Early in the second half, Messi finds space in the centre of the box after a pass from Arthur, but his left‑footed shot is blocked before it can test the keeper.

Messi commits a foul while pressing for the ball, stopping Lyon’s build‑up and conceding a free kick in midfield.

Messi connects with Jordi Alba’s headed pass on the left side of the box, but his left‑footed effort is blocked by a defender.

Messi darts into the area, combines with Busquets, and finishes with a right‑footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom left corner to make it 3–1.

On a rapid counterattack, Messi surges forward and squares the ball across goal for Gerard Piqué, who arrives at the back post to sweep in from close range for Barça’s fourth.

Messi leads another break, driving at the defence before releasing Ousmane Dembélé on the left, and Dembélé drills a right‑footed shot into the bottom corner to seal a 5–1 win.