Messi's best performance ever

10 years ago, Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-1 to win the 2010/11 UCL final. In this game, according to some, Messi made his best performance ever. This is what today's entry will be talking about, without further ado, let's get into Messi's performance.

Messi made some good runs in the first half, managing some dribbles as well, but it would be Pedro who opened up the score for Barcelona. Rooney later equalized the game with a good shot (which came from an offside player), and for the last important play of the first half, Messi made a good run and nearly scored after Villa passed him the ball back, but he couldn't reach the ball for the final shot.

For the second half, Messi shot from out the box for an incredible goal to the near post, a powerful shot that Van Der Sar couldn't save. It was 2-1 for Barcelona at Wembley, as Messi passionately celebrated his goal. For the last goal, Messi made a great run to the box, where he later lost the ball, but it got picked up by Pedro, who passed it to Villa and smashed it into the back of the net for the final scoreline of 3-1. Messi couldn't be any happier as he celebrated the goal, smashing his fists into the air while kneeling on the ground.

As the final whistle was heard, Barcelona became champions of Europe. It was their 4th Champions League in their history, and Messi's 3rd. Messi was in the ToTS, won the top scorer award with 12 goals, and made the most dribbles in the competition (71). And for his position, he made the most short passes (739) and passes overall (748).

His stats from the game were: 1 goal, 3 SoT (5 in total), 4 key passes, 10 dribbles, 1 through-ball, 6 fouls won, 92/100 passes, and 125 touches. This earned him a perfect 10/10 WhoScored rating. This was his heatmap:

And this was his performance on video:

As already stated, this performance won Barcelona the UCL final against Manchester United. And with how good and crucial this game was, it's reasonable to say that it was Messi's best performance ever. I hope you liked this entry, and as always, I'll see you in the next blog.