Barcelona 5-0 Leganes: 5 Hits and Flops | Copa del Rey 2019-20 

#1 Hit: Lionel Messi

Messi shows composure to round Cuellar and finish the game with a well-taken brace

Perhaps the most frightening thing about Messi's individual display was the subtlety with which he played: he didn't seem to be at his electrifying best but didn't need to be, scoring two, creating another while playing a significant role in Barca's other two goals.

That's why, after all, he's their saviour. His first finish was scrappy, second was ruthlessly dispatched on an evening where Leganes simply couldn't live with him nor his creative teammates and were instead left chasing shadows for large periods as they probed their way in-and-around the final third with worrying frequency.

... And chalk up another #Messi milestone! Congratulations, Leo! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/5y7tfk6Keo

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 30, 2020

He completed all five of his attempted dribbles, created a game-high six key passes and had 84.3% completion rate to accompany 10/14 duels won and the unenvious statistic of being fouled five times, joint-high with Leganes captain Ruben Perez.

It was his brilliant forward pass for Semedo which set up Griezmann's opener, while Lenglet netted his second Barca goal of 2019-20 directly from Messi's well-worked delivery towards the near post just before the half-hour mark - there was plenty more where that came from. After a busy but frustrating showing against Valencia last time out, business resumed as normal for Messi on this occasion.

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