Lionel Messi’s 5 greatest goals in the UEFA Champions League

#1 Bayern Munich (6/5/2015)

Boateng is schooled as Messi plays headmaster

Messi also played a huge hand in winning the semi-final of the 2015 edition in the opening match as he dismantled Bayern Munich with two goals and an assist. The score was locked at 0-0 for over 77 minutes before he opened the scoring, but it was his second, which followed shortly after, that really caught the eye.

Ivan Rakitic’s pass allowed the Argentine to go one-on-one with Jerome Boateng, one of the game’s outstanding centre-backs at that point. Messi swerved one way then the other, leaving the defender sprawling embarrassingly on the ground. With his next touch, he dinked a supreme finish over Manuel Neuer. In one movement, he had made two of football’s finest players look like mere schoolchildren.