The Day When Lionel Messi Proved To The World That He is The GOAT

...advantage of these kind of players, but, you know, it's not only about these... Arsenal have to follow in the footsteps of Sevilla and Ruben Kazan, who are the only visiting sides to win here. Now Xavi, Bojan had made the run, but he's looked instead to Messi. I think there's Messi, looks for a way through... Almost delivers. That's a super effort. I think the goalkeeper's just pushed that puck wide of the goal. Less than five minutes. Golden reaction. Super strike. ...Lionel Messi. Milito, now Lionel Messi. Here's Boris Messi! The roof of the net. There's an example of having to get to this little man as quickly as you possibly can. Because if you don't, this is what he's capable of. And here's Messi, just a ruster run at defenders. Well, they were being written off in all quarters after that first game. Can they make the most of their good fortune? It's Lionel Messi. And Messi! Steps up to the plate. Just when Barcelona needed it most. For two minutes they were behind. Barcelona, back in the game, back in the contest. Well, they get a bit of luck with this. Not with the finish, of course. That was just absolutely brilliant. The strike, the second one, the first one less so. But I said it before, you have to get to him quickly. Bojan finding Messi. To break, it's De Nielsen who's covering and holding him up. But he's got away. Left three there, trailing in his wake. Sanyo came in the first time, then De Nielsen came in. Oh, that's not a free-kick, referee. I'm really sorry. You cannot be doing that just because he rolls on the ground. He kind of fought his way through three or four tackles, but certainly from where I'm sitting, this ball looks to be won. A yellow card as well to add insult to injury for De Nielsen. Messi. And they've spun the ball back into where Gael Klitsch has gone, and Zizki should have played Klitsch in, and they might just pay for that. Messi, great control in the first place, and what a run! Into the side netting. Well, let that be a lesson to Thomas Zizki. You can't have your full-back run past you and you ignore him and lose the ball, and then this happens, cos he's capable of doing anything. Now Xabi, rhythm now. Adopting a more familiar pattern, this is Avidal, played behind Bojan, surprisingly, Pedro rescues it... Messi! ...finisher in Spain, has he finished off Arsenal here? Well, the alarm bells were ringing as soon as that ball was slid through to Yannick Avidal. You really got caught, Arsenal. And you just thought, well, that's it, he's going to slide it, no score, but he actually didn't play a very good ball. Good Arsenal, look to follow. Messi again. Should Arsenal go out? And he's in again here, Lionel Messi, could this be the hat-trick before half-time? Audacious chip from the magical Lionel Messi, the most talented of his generation. For the second, and again, the delicacy of the third, and this could and probably might be... And even he can over-hit a ball, yeah? See, he is over-rated. Messi again, trying to play provider this time for Bojan. And Lionel Messi has really turned on the style, with a 21-minute hat-trick. To give his league proper was only 4-1, that was to the middle, and so too is Bojan. Messi's there! And so too is Almudia. And there's fractions from this. Lionel Messi, who helped them to... It's petty a little further forward. Messi has this saying that it's more of a risk. Taking a quick free kick here, and the referees let them get on with it, and Pedro misses the target. Look at those four players, Basel and Scherzander. It's Messi, Alves, Messi. Here he goes again, can he do it all on his own here? Vermaelen holding him up. Very fast little RT for Lionel Messi. That would have been his cherry on the icing on the top of the cake. Absolutely. Avoid five trophy-less seasons, it looks as though they will have to. The way that they win the ball back. It could be through for a fourth here, Lionel Messi. They're trying to contain him. But it's an impossible... Unstoppable! ...for Messi, and they are in the last four. Josebi warmed the skill of the little magician. Easy to play against, they are a hugely experienced team. Arsenal then fall at the quarter-final stage, beaten by the European champions, who showed exactly why they are European champions. Recovering from the setback at Nicolas Bettner's goal, it took them just three minutes, and then it was the Lionel Messi show.