Messi is pretty good at football, isn’t he? Of course, everyone already knew that but the Argentine demonstrated why millions of fans consider him the greatest of all-time on Saturday night.
Messi scored a hat-trick during Barcelona’s 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo at the Camp Nou.
It was his 34th La Liga hat-trick, drawing him level with Cristiano Ronaldo’s record.
Some hat-tricks are better than others, though, and this hat-trick was pretty special. The first was a penalty but the next two were incredible free-kicks from 25-yards. They were Messi’s 51st and 52nd free-kicks goals of his career.
Amazing.
Surely he’s the best free-kick taker in world football. Ever.
One thing is for sure, he’s slightly better than Ronaldo from a set-piece.
Ronaldo is still looking to score his first free-kick for Juventus - although if Aaron Ramsey hadn’t interfered earlier this week he would have grabbed one.
But after Messi’s brace of free-kicks, a rather humorous statistic emerged.
That’s because Messi scored more free-kicks against Celta last night than Ronaldo has managed in the last 694 days.
Remarkable.
After the match, two of Messi's teammates summed up his brilliance.
"Honestly, Messi is freaking us all out," Sergi Roberto said.
"When he fired the ball we already knew it would end up in the goal. It's a pleasure to play with this genius."
While Junior Firpo added: "The best thing a goalkeeper can do when Messi is behind the ball for a free-kick is to pray."
VanishPrasad
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Bring Ramsey, we Ronaldo fans need to talk to him.
CaptainAhmad
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Vkapla
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when you compare only the things messi does better than to praise a record which is remarkable from CR7 !!!
Esraelee
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Am a Ronaldo fan but I will say the truth Messi is really a genius and also a free kick demon and he is much better than Ronaldo in many aspect🙌
Mosanya
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Messi is a magician and Ronaldo is a machine. Even Ronaldo fans will accept that Messi's game is more beautiful to watch. And even Messi fans will accept that ronaldo is a born leader and no other sportsman has his dedication and determination Enjoy both till it lasts ☺️
manabdlopu
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but still ronaldo has more free kick goals than messi. i am very surprise people always forget the past it's funny. but every body know at the moment no one is close to messi by scoring free kicks.
Jojoski
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The problem is messi is competing with clubs in terms of free kicks not players it’s unfair to compare someone better than the whole madrid and juve put together and compare him with a single player that played for those clubs[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]