6) The eerie similarities with Diego Maradona
Messi has scored over 600 goals for club and country ever since he made his debut more than a decade ago. But one goal that stands out is the one he scored against Getafe in the semi-final of the Copa del Rey back in 2007.
Picking up the ball in his own half near the touchline, Messi then accelerated into Getafe’s half, beating one, two, three, four, five defenders with a mazy run that saw the ball magically stick to his feet the entire team before beating the goalkeeper and firing it into an empty net.
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The crowd roared every time he beat a player. They brought the roof down when he scored. His teammates, available for a pass the entire time, just stared in disbelief as he twisted and turned past every Getafe player who ended up tackling their own teammates rather than get the ball off Messi.
It was a goal similar to Diego Maradona’s ‘Goal of the Century’ scored against England at the 1986 World Cup (in the same game he had scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal). It was enough to prove that Messi was indeed the real deal and had the potential to step into Maradona’s boots.
