Messi Mampu Mengulangi Sukses di Laga ke-500 Hadapi Real Betis
As Messi Gets Ready to Play His 500th Game for Barcelona?
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
LIONEL MESSI akan memainkan pertandingan ke-500 untuk Barcelona melawan Real Betis pada Kamis dini hari WIB dan inilah 10 penampilan terbaiknya dari perjalanan kariernya di lapangan hijau, termasuk 424 gol dan dia mengoleksi 26 trofi juara bersama klubnya, tidak mudah memang tapi dia sudah membuktikannya.
Inilah 10 laga terbaik yang pernah dijalani Messi seperti dilansir MailOnline.
1. BARCELONA VS ALBACETE, 1 Mei 2005
Inilah laga penting di awal kariernya ketika dia membuktikan diri mampu bersaing di liga utama Spanyol.
2. REAL MADRID VS BARCELONA 3-3, Maret 2007
Messi mendominasi laga El Clasico dari 500 laganya di La Liga.
Pada 2007 dia baru berusia 19 tahun tapi dia mampu mendukung Barcelona bangkit dengan tiga gol melalui hat-trick sensasional untuk meraih penting dari saingan utamanya di Nou Camp yang berakhir seri 3-3.
3. BARCELONA VS SANTOS 4-0, Desember 2011
Beberapa pemain memiliki dampak pada Piala Dunia FIFA Club ketika Messi dan pertandingan terbaiknya pada laga final 2011.
Dia mencetak dua gol dan tercatat sebagai pemain terbaik setelah Barcelona mengalahkan Santos 4-0.
4: BARCELONA 3-1 MANCHESTER UNITED, Mei 2011
Pertandingan penting mengantar Barcelona ke final FIFA Club World Cup di Jepang pada akhir 2011 adalah final Liga Champions melawan Manchester United awal tahun itu.
5: REAL MADRID 3-4 BARCELONA, Maret 2014
Ini adalah permainan ketika Messi akhirnya memecahkan rekor Alfredo Di Stefano dengan rekor 18 gol di Clasico.
6: BARCELONA 2-1 ESTUDIANTES, Desember 2009
Kemenangan Barcelona 2-1 atas Estudiantes di final FIFA Club World Cup pada 2009 membuatpelatih Pep Guardiola berlinang airmata.
7: BARCELONA 4-1 ARSENAL, April 2010
Pertandingan terbaik Messi sering ditandai oleh reaksi penonton Inggris yang memprovokasinya setelah pertandingan.
Aksi luar biasanya pada perempat final Liga Champions atas Arsenal pada 2010 membuat pelatih Arsene Wenger berkelakar: "Dia seperti pemain bola di PlayStation."
8: BARCELONA VS MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 Mei 2009
9. BARCELONA VS GETAFE 5-2, April 2007
10. ATHLETIC BILBAO VS BARCELONA 1-3, Mei 2015
Barcelona menjadi tim pertama yang menang untuk kedua kalinya di akhir musim dan semua orang ingat pada aksinya di La Liga dan mengalahkan Juventusdi final Liga Champions.
LIONEL MESSI plays his 500th game for Barcelona against Real Betis on Wednesday and picking the best 10 performances from an incredible career so far, that has included 424 goals and seen him win 26 trophies with the club, is not easy.
But here are Sportsmail's top 10 Messi matches.
1: BARCELONA VS ALBACETE, May 1 2005
It was the game when he really announced himself on to the Spanish stage.
2: REAL MADRID 3-3 BARCELONA, March 2007
Messi has dominated the Clasico over these 500 games.
In 2007 he was only 19 but he helped Barcelona comeback three times with a sensational hat-trick to take a point from their biggest rival in a stunning 3-3 at the Nou Camp.
3: BARCELONA 4-0 SANTOS, December 2011
Few players have had such an impact on the FIFA Club World Cup as Messi and another of his finest hours came writing his name all over the 2011 final.
He scored twice in a man-of-the-match display as Barcelona beat Santos 4-0.
The game had been billed as Messi against Neymar but four years ago it was very much master against apprentice and he secured player of the tournament with his performance too.
4: BARCELONA 3-1 MANCHESTER UNITED, May 2011
The game that took Barcelona to the FIFA Club World Cup final in Japan at the end of 2011 was the Champions League final against Manchester United earlier that year.
5: REAL MADRID 3-4 BARCELONA, March 2014
This is the game when Messi finally broke Alfredo Di Stefano’s record of 18 goals in the Clasico.
An historic 4-3 away win over Real Madrid in 2014 that had the Bernabeu begrudgingly acknowledging that it was in the presence of true greatness.
The Blond Arrow’s record had looked unbreakable but a new page was written in Clasico history.
6: BARCELONA 2-1 ESTUDIANTES, December 2009
Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Estudiantes in the FIFA Club World Cup final in 2009 brought Guardiola to tears.
7: BARCELONA 4-1 ARSENAL, April 2010
Messi’s greatest games are often characterised by the reactions they provoke after the match.
His four-goal haul in the 2010 Champions League quarter-final win over Arsenal had Arsene Wenger eulogising: ‘He’s like a Playstation player’.
The brilliant salvo meant Barcelona won 4-1 and went through 6-3 on aggregate. He scored five against Bayer Leverkusen but this was a better performance in a bigger game.
8: BARCELONA 2-0 MANCHESTER UNITED, May 2009
Back in 2009 heading was still regarded as a Messi weakness.
He couldn’t get off the ground and when he did his short frame meant little threat was created by his headers.
9: BARCELONA 5-2 GETAFE, April 2007
10: ATHLETIC BILBAO 1-3 BARCELONA, May 2015
Barcelona became the first team to win the Treble for a second time last season and everyone remembers the way they stormed La Liga and beat Juventus in the Champions League final.