During the first leg of Barcelona’s 2015 Champions League semi-final clash with Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi absolutely ruined the career of Jerome Boateng.
Lionel Messi, the six-time Ballon d’Or winner scored two goals in his team’s 3-0 victory. Barcelona won the tie 5-2 and progressed to the final, where they beat Juventus 3-1 in Berlin and won their fifth UEFA Champions League title.
Fed down the right flank, Messi twisted Jerome Boateng into next week in a 1v1 duel inside the box, putting him right on his backside with a deft dribble and change of direction. After destroying Boateng and sending him back to Hamburg, Messi had the composure to dink the ball over the onrushing Manuel Neuer.
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“That doesn’t really affect me. I was laughing at myself. When you fall down or slip in a situation and somebody scores a goal, it’s normal. These things happen; it happens to me, it happens to other players, I don’t care about these things. For me, he’s the best player in the world. That’s football. Sometimes you look bad or something happens. I’m a defender, that doesn’t kill me or anything.” Jerome Boateng told ESPN.
