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06th Jan 2016

VIDEO: Lionel Messi’s crossbar rattling free kick golazo was a thing of absolute beauty

Unstoppable

Ben Kiely

Two goalkeepers wouldn’t have stopped this.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade or so, FC Barcelona have this diminutive Argentine superstar who tends to do magical things with a football.

The Catalans took on Espanyol in what turned out to be a pretty nasty affair on Wednesday night, and unsurprisingly, Messi proved once again that he is an actual footballing wizard by scoring a phenomenal goal.

The Barcelona forward walloped home a sensational free kick from distance that flew over the goalkeeper, clipped the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the roof of the net.

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