#853
La Liga2020-02-22 · 16:00:00
5-0
Barcelona
Eibar
HT 3–0
Spotify Camp Nou · Barcelona · 66,970 spectatorsRef: César Soto Grado
4Goals
10.0Rating
MOTMHat-trick
“In a routine league fixture that could have passed unnoticed, Messi turned Eibar into a personal showcase with a four-goal haul at age 32. Each strike highlighted a different weapon in his arsenal—from close control and dribbling to ruthless finishing—underlining that even in the latter stages of his Barcelona career, he could still dominate La Liga almost single‑handedly.”
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Barcelona
KO
Eibar14
Lionel Messi1–0
Rakitić I.
Lionel Messi
1–0
Rakitić I.
14
37
Lionel Messi2–0
Arturo Vidal
Lionel Messi
2–0
Arturo Vidal
37
40
Lionel Messi3–0
Lionel Messi
3–0
40
HT3–0
58
▲Jong F.
▼Sergio Busquets
▲Jong F.
▼Sergio Busquets
58
64
Escalante G.
64
Escalante G.
65
▲Enrique González Casín
▼Sergio Enrich Ametller
▲Pablo De Blasis
▼Inui T.
65
▲Enrique González Casín
▼Sergio Enrich Ametller
▲Pablo De Blasis
▼Inui T.
66
▲Quique
▼Sergi Enrich
66
▲Quique
▼Sergi Enrich
67
▲Samuel Umtiti
▼Gerard Piqué
▲Samuel Umtiti
▼Gerard Piqué
67
71
▲Martin Braithwaite
▼A. Griezmann
▲Martin Braithwaite
▼A. Griezmann
71
82
▲Sebastián Cristóforo
▼Eduardo Expósito Jaén
82
▲Sebastián Cristóforo
▼Eduardo Expósito Jaén
83
Papa Kouly Diop
▲Sebastián Cristóforo
▼Edu Expósito
83
Papa Kouly Diop
▲Sebastián Cristóforo
▼Edu Expósito
85
Papakouli Diop
85
Papakouli Diop
87
Lionel Messi4–0
Lionel Messi
4–0
87
89
Arthur5–0
Arthur
5–0
89
FT5–0
Match Moments
KO
14
Goal
Messi opens the scoring, bursting into the box and finishing with a low left-footed shot into the bottom right corner after a precise assist from Ivan Rakitic.
24
Shot
Messi wins a free kick in his own half after drawing a foul while carrying the ball out from deep.
27
Shot
Messi tries to run in behind onto a through ball from Ivan Rakitic but is flagged offside as he breaks the defensive line.
37
Goal
Messi doubles Barcelona’s lead, cutting in from the left side of the box and driving a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner from Vidal’s layoff.
40
Goal
Completing his first-half hat-trick, Messi pounces in the center of the box and lashes a left-footed effort straight into the middle of the net.
44
Shot
Messi threads a through ball towards Antoine Griezmann, yet the Frenchman’s run is ruled offside, halting a promising attack.
HT3–0
50
Shot
Messi looks to release Nélson Semedo with a through pass, but the full-back strays offside and the move is brought back.
76
Shot
Messi aims a through ball towards Clément Lenglet’s advanced run, only for the defender to be caught offside.
78
Shot
Driving at the defense, Messi wins a free kick in the attacking half after being fouled near Eibar’s territory.
79
Near Miss
Messi unleashes a curling left-footed strike from outside the box that is brilliantly tipped over near the top left corner by goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović.
87
Goal
Messi caps his performance with a fourth goal, arriving in the six-yard box to slot a left-footed finish into the bottom left corner from close range.
FT5–0
Milestones
4goals in one game
Four goals in a single match is a peak most elite forwards never touch once; hitting that mark again shows his “off day” ceiling was other players’ career best. It turns the idea of a one-man demolition job into something close to routine.
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