That settles it, Lionel Messi simply shouldn’t be allowed to play football with us mere mortals.
97 minutes had passed in the Copa del Rey final, Barcelona had played over an hour with ten men and legs were getting tired.
The fiery clash with Sevilla was so fast-paced that even the referee went down with cramp in extra time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hesrjMGVz0
But when cool heads were required and wand-like feet were on the pitch, magic happened.
After an exhausting 90+ minutes of just trying to stay in the game, Lionel Messi came up with an assist that will make passers extraordinaire like Xabi Alonso, Paul Scholes and Xavi sit up and say “well now, that is interesting!”
Messi arced the most gorgeous ball from midfield into the path of the onrushing left back Jordi Alba, putting the perfect amount of weight on the pass that ensured it would bounce once before Alba had the chance to take a first-time shot.
The Argentine wizard came up with another piece of gloriously timed passing at the very death when he coolly waited for a defender to commit before he flawlessly guided the ball into Neymar’s path and that was very much that.
