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On this day in 2010, Messi scored 4 lethal goals and demolished Arsenal in UCL
There’s no shame in being torn apart by Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest forward to play the game. But there was something particularly brutal about Messi’s destruction of Arsenal on 6 April 2010.
Arsene Wenger’s side had pulled off an impressive 2-2 draw at the Emirates in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, giving Arsenal fans hope of a famous win. But Messi ruined the contest unforgettably.
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Wenger was reduced to awe more than misery, particularly by the fourth and last of his goals. "He made the impossible possible," said the Arsenal manager. "He has six or seven years in front of him, touch wood that nothing happens to him, and he can reach unbelievable levels."
On this day in 2009, Grafite scored an incredible wonder goal against Bayern
One of the goals of Wolfsburg's 5-1 victory against Bayern Munich, when he dribbled past several defenders and then finished with a slow shot with his heel, even brought him international attention.
In Germany, it was voted Goal of the Year. It was also nominated for Puskas Award that year and ultimately ranked third in the fan vote.
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busnors
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This irony of life you see here is a product of pride. Could you remember that immediately he arrived in PSG he contested the spot kick with Cavani. He ran away from Lionel Messi's shadow to stay under the shadow of a smaller tree, Mbappe. Today, with the broken METATARSAL, Neymar Jr is finished. No club will take the risk of signing a player who cannot TIP-TOE. Any attempt to TIP-TOE will result to a more serious wound. He is just carrying BIG NAME - World highest signing, because of the name made in Barcelona. He will leave PSG with much less less value. Who wants to sign an injury-prone player? No club! Hang boots? No!
VanishPrasad
156
The feats achieved by Lionel Messi seem to increase by the year, but one of his greatest moments (outside of the multiple awards and trophies) could be said to have come on a single day - April 6 - as Barcelona took on Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Messi scored all four goals in one of the most dominant displays ever seen on the pitch and, at just 22, overtook Rivaldo as Barcelona's all-time top scorer in the competition in the process. By 2010, Lionel Messi was already well established on the world stage. In fact, from the moment the diminutive Argentine was thrust into first-team action six years earlier, he had been tipped for greatness, although few would ever have been able to predict such a meteoric rise. Compared to the likes of Pele, Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff and every other giant of the world game, Messi had taken over the famous No. 10 shirt at the Camp Nou a year earlier and his performances had been a major part of their historic six-trophy haul in 2008-09. As the new decade arrived, Messi was riding the crest of a wave after the Club World Cup in Japan and could do no wrong as they advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals to face Arsenal a few months later.
abdulkware
81
[Crylaugh]What a day for Arsenal fans. All football remembered them on the two historical moments that is when Messi demolished them with four goals in UEFA champions league and when they edge Spurs 2:1. Arsenal shall you celebrate this day or not?
Evans0323
62
A lot of fans hate him because he has dismantled their team and their best players almost all the time, but the few that understand football fall in love with him because he himself is football and no one on earth understand football more than Lionel Messi