Messi and the 'first viral dribble'

It was magical. Messi received from Ivan Rakitic, faced Boateng and thought very quickly. Furthermore, he executed exactly as he had planned. Driving with the left, exit towards the good leg to shoot (it had already been 1-0), cut on the opponent's worst profile, who had gone to his good side to cover the shot, and smooth definition with the right leg before Neuer. One of the great goals in the history of the Champions League, andhe 2-0 from Barça to Bayern in the first leg of the semi-final of the 2014-15 season, went around the world. And the dribbling of the Argentine to the German, in full expansion of social networks, became viral. The image of Boateng literally swallowed by the grass spread like wildfire on the night of the game. With admirable sportsmanship, Boateng, the meat of a meme, spoke quite naturally just a month after that episode. “That fall didn't affect me. I laughed at myself too. When you fall or slip and someone scores, it is normal. These things happen, they happen to me and other players, I don't care about these things. For me, Messi is the best player in the world. This is soccer. I'm a defender, this doesn't kill me or anything, “Boateng explained naturally.

It is not so common. There are footballers who try to disappear from the photo of historical goals. They feel humiliated when they show up again and again. They don't like to talk about it. Boateng, however, gave naturalness to a genius of a footballer who, simply, was illuminated that course. Weeks later, he scored a historic goal for Athletic in the Cup final after outsmarting Balenziaga and some other Athletic players.

Without a doubt, it is one of Messi's best goals in the Champions League. At the height of those of the finals in Rome and London. At the height of the night of the five goals against Leverkusen and the four against Arsenal, the mince to Lehman. Liverpool's incredible free-kick last season … In fact, there are so many … Five years later, Messi hopes to find that magical outburst in Lisbon that made him unstoppable in that 2014-15 season finale. Last Saturday against Naples he had 20 sublime minutes in which he scored a great goal, caused a penalty and scored another very delicate goal that Çakir annulled, no one knows why yet. Three inspirational matches and what will go viral will be an Argentine lifting his 35th title with Barça. Messi looks for his muses in Lisbon.