#1 Lionel Messi – Making life easy for Barcelona
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While the Argentine lost hold of the Ballon d’Or for two successive years to Cristiano Ronaldo, he has always exhibited consistency whenever he’s put on the Barcelona shirt. And if one thing Messi keeps bettering is his knack of taking free kicks, scoring for the third consecutive time in as many games this year.
His goal in the first away leg gave his side an advantage heading home before he put the icing on the cake with a staggering free kick. Having misplaced a couple of free kicks previously in the match, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner this time, noticed the other angle which was exposed by the Bilbao wall to easily beat Iraizoz and take his side to the next round.
While his comparisons to the Portuguese show stopper have been an ongoing debate, this particular stat on free kicks shows how ridiculously good the little master is with them.
