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Messi 100th and 101th Goal: Youngest Centurian for Barcelona
Jan 18th
Lionel Messi – The Youngest Centurian for Barcelona
Lionel Messi have been breaking record, setting records and still improving day by day. A achievement which have become a benchmark for all the young footballers now a days. Lionel Messi have become the youngest player to score 100th goal, infact 101th goal for Barcelona. Lionel Messi took 188 games to score his century goal at just 22 years, six month and 22 days.
Lionel Messi goals tally started on 1st May 2005 when he chipped beautifully over the goalkeeper for getting his first goal for Barcelona against Albacete and strangely he got his 100th and 101th goal at the same end against a goalkeeper who frustrated Lionel Messi for last two game.
Messi 100th Goal For Barcelona
Messi First Goal For Barcelona
Scored in every competition except one
Lionel Messi is the man who can be trusted to play superbly when the team needs him more. He is a big game player and the records shows it, just one competition where Lionel Messi failed to score was European Super Cup, but not to forget if it was Lionel Messi superb assist to Pedro which help Barcelona to pick up another trophy.
Statistics till date:
La Liga: 68 goals
Spanish Cup: 10 goals
Champions League: 19 goals
Spanish Super Cup: 2 goals
World Club Cup: 2 goals
Its not just the goals, he have scored 5 goals in cup finals
Spanish Cup Final 2008-2009: Athletic Bilbao – 1 goal
Champions League Final 2008-2009: Manchester United – 1 goal
Spanish Super Cup 2009-2010: Athletic Bilbao – 2 goals
World Club Cup 2009-2010: Estudiantes LP – 1 goal
Three Hatrick & Superb Goals
Athletic Madrid have been Lionel Messi favorite victim, he have scored 10 goal against them also a brilliant hatrick. Messi have scored three hatrick in his 101 goals scored.
1st Hatrick – Real Madrid
2nd Hatrick – Athletic Madrid
3rd Hatrick – Tenerife
He have always been scoring important goals for Barcelona, when it was required. Call it Lionel Messi luck or gift from god. He was the one who scored 5000th goal for Barcelona and also the best goal of the century against Getafe.
5000th Goal for Barcelona – Lionel Messi
Best Goal of the Century – Lionel Messi
The record breaking have just begun, there are many more that Lionel Messi will be breaking in coming year and become a legendary player which he already is 
Barcelona are the winter champions
Jan 17th
Lionel Messi made his century for Barcelona
A superb attacking football from Barcelona have earned them three points which takes them five points clear Real Madrid and they have become the Winter Champions. The main highlight of the match was Lionel Messi scoring his 100 goals for Barcelona and becoming the youngest player to score 100 goals for Barcelona.
After losing to Sevilla, Barcelona made is sure that they would want to win against Sevilla in Camp Nou to make them feel better after their cup run was ended. Barcelona showed a superb attacking football against Sevilla, but once again it was Palop superb goal saving which kept them losing by a huge margin.
Messi had one of his amazing night, he kept putting pressure on Sevilla defenders which resulted in many challenges. He was feeling the pressure as he wasnt able to put the ball past the goalkeeper as Palop kept saving all the superb shots from Lionel Messi but in the end it was Lionel Messi who celebrated scoring goals against Palop and becoming the youngest player to score 100th & 101th goal for Barcelona.
Barcelona were kept quite in the first half and the second half goal was an own goal but after Henry was replaced by Pedro, he didnt wasted much time after receiving a world class assist from Xavi to made it 2-0 for Barcelona which calm them down. Barcelona kept the possession of the ball after the goal settle them down and then it was Lionel Messi who took the ball crossed by Alves to score his century goal and make it 3-0 and just after few minute taking another ball passed by Abidal and getting his 101th goal.
Superb Hatrick from Messi takes Barcelona back on top
Jan 11th
Messi hatrick takes Barcelona back on top in La Liga
After having a disappointing start of the year, Lionel Messi made is sure that he would make this night special for him and for Barcelona. The first goal for Lionel Messi for the year 2010 and he converted it into hatrick 
Real Madrid who were able to grab the top spot tonight after beating Mallorca, but Lionel Messi hatrick took Barcelona top of the table again.
Lionel Messi simply had an amazing night, scoring three brilliant goal and a superb free kick which was converted into goal by Puyol. Although Tenerife played superbly for the first half and hour where Barcelona had to work hard, but after the dead lock was broken, it was Barcelona who were completely in control.
After keeping Barcelona quite for 35th minute, Bojan made some magical move towards the penalty area and made a superb pass to Lionel Messi who struck the ball in the far corner of the net to grab the first goal for Barcelona. Then in the 44th minute, Messi took a superb freekick which was headed past the goalkeeper by Captain Puyol to made it 2-0 for Barcelona. Just a minute later, Iniesta a superb through ball to Bojan who again gave a superb assist to Messi to get his second goal of the match.
Barcelona continued the same form in the second half, controlling the ball and creating chances and then a brilliant Barcelona moves where Bojan taking the ball towards the penalty area, and pass the ball towards Messi, who made a brilliant chip over the goalkeeper head to complete Lionel First hat-rick of the year
Last goal came from Luna, who was trying to grab the ball from Pedro but instead the ball went past the goalkeeper.
It was really good to see Bojan playing the full 90 minute, would have surely given him a boost, he gave all the three assist to Messi which was really great
Messi have started his goals for this year with a hatrick and hopefully he will continue in similar fashion for the rest of his career
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