Back to goal, about 15 yards out and to the left of the goal, receives a very brisk pass from Alba, kills it dead, goes to twist away from goal, but doesn’t, cuts back inside onto his unfavoured right. Between him and the goal are about 5 NY players, and on the outside right Cremaschi is doing an overlap. Messi flicks a pass through the three defenders crowding him and inside the fullback to the onrushing player, who squared it back for him to tap in.
But it’s hard to describe. The angle was almost mathematically impossible, the space tight, he had to thread it through five players and across the penalty area from left to right with the outside of his foot with perfect weighting so it didn’t go out of play, but fast enough it couldn’t be intercepted.
It was so good, I don’t think another person in the stadium saw the pass was even on.
