All very predictable

Posted on Wednesday, 7 January 2009 by

It’s so dull watching Lionel Messi, isn’t it? It would be so much more interesting if he was poor now and then, but it just never seems to happen. On Tuesday he was at it again, scoring a hat-trick away to Maxi Rodríguez’s and Ever Banega’s Atlético de Madrid (Sergio Agüero didn’t play) as Barcelona won 3-1 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey last sixteen. Two years ago in this competition, Messi scored that goal against Getafe, and tonight with Diego Maradona watching from the stands, he almost did it again, taking in half the pitch and going past three challenges before hitting the crossbar moments before completing his hat-trick. For that run, and the three that did go in, you need search no further…

Atlético de Madrid 1 – 3 Lionel Messi (Copa del Rey last 16, 6th Jan 2009)

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Sam Kelly is an English football writer based in Buenos Aires, specialising in all things Argentina - the national team and the domestic league - as well as across South America for When Saturday Comes, ESPN Soccernet, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and In Bed With Maradona among others.
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One Response to All very predictable

  1. john says:
    Wednesday, 7 January 2009 at 3:05 am

    Thanks Sam for the info that Diego was there watching the game. I missed out that important info on my post.

    I guess he just wanted to REEEEEAALLLYYY make sure that Diego will call him up for the French Party next month.

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