Five years of THAT Messi dribbling to delete Boateng

The image of a Boateng collapsed in the semifinal of the Champions League 2015 between Barcelona and Bayern went around the world.

This 6 May marks five years, five years already, of the unforgettable dribbling of Leo Messi to Jerome Boateng in the first leg of the semifinals of the Champions League against Bayern Munich, which was played at Camp Nou, the road to the title of champion in Berlin. 

A dribbling, with the German center-back plummeting on the lawn, which came to be cataloged as the best of all time. The image of that goal, 2-0 a couple of minutes from the end, went around the world and is part of the international football culture.

The No.10 of Barca received the ball sent to him by Rakitic a few meters from the vertex of the large area, driving him with four touches attached to his left boot while forcing him to retrain the great German defense. And he solved the move in the least logical way. He didn't look for the left-handed but cut in the opposite direction of the goal. From praise Leo's magic to pity Boateng, petrified on the grass. The memes of that day did not stop rushing him, resigning himself to the reality of the best.

It was five seconds, 13 steps, five ball touches and exclamations of admiration uttered all over the bleachers. A few days ago, being confined, Boateng was asked in a chat with fans about this goal. “Honestly, I would love to see each of you defending against Messi,” he responded naturally and with a sense of humor