A GOAL FOR THE HISTORY

You remember it? 13 years since Messi dressed himself of Maradona against the Getafe

Published:18/04/2020 - 16:04h

Updated:18/04/2020 - 16:04h

This Saturday have fulfilled 13 years since the best goal of the career of Leo Messi, the one who scored against the Getafe in 2007 after dribbling to half rival team from the centre of the field

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There are instants that remain recorded in the memory. And sure that all the barcelonistas remember what sucedió around the middle of April of 2007, in the Camp Nou, when Leo Messi disguised of Diego Armando Maradona to mark the one who a lot of consider the best goal of his career. It has marked them of all the forms and colours, but the one of that night gave the turn to the world to an astounding speed.

Leo Messi received the pertinent balloon of Xavi in the centre of the field and, escorado in the right zone, began to dribble to players as if they were cones in a training. It surpassed to Javi Walls, crossed the room of machines, zafó of Nacho with included pipe, advanced several metres more in front of the general incredulity, planted in the balcony of the area, undid of Alexis and Belenguer with a break, dribbled to the goalkeeper Luis García and surpassed to Cortés with the right leg, unbalanced, to mark a goal of cartoons.

"I will throw him the bronca to Messi, by his fault call me all every year"

A copy of the target that marked Diego Armando Maradona in front of England in the World-wide of Mexico, although in this case it did not serve to the FC Barcelona to levels clasificatorios. The culés won 5-2 the party against the Getafe in the Camp Nou, but lost 4-0 in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez and remained without being able to contest that final of the Glass of the King 2006-07.

It was as it was, the played maradoniana of Leo Messi remained recorded for the posterity, and this Saturday 18 April 2020 have fulfilled 13 years. They were twelve magic seconds, in which the rosarino visited 55 metres with the balloon in the feet, surpassing rivals without stopping and presaging what was for coming, a spectacular hatching that guaranteeed him four Balloons of consecutive Gold and infinity of titles with the Barça.

The ancient rival take it to him with humour

Some of the protagonists of the scene are fed up that they ask them on that golazo of Messi. In the case of David Belenger, then defendor of the Getafe, takes it to him with humour. "Already I am until the noses to speak of that goal", said years backwards. "I will throw him the bronca to Messi, by his fault call me all every year, by the second, the fifth or the tenth anniversary of the goal. No longer I know what say on that played", kidded.

Javi Walls, that now exerts of lawyer in sportive and penal right, neither forgets that night in the Camp Nou. "It is one of the best goals of the history. And although it suffered it against, inside 20 or 30 years will repeat the goal and here will follow appearing, so the people always will agree of one", remembers also with a smile.

13 years afterwards, and ready to fulfil the 33 years, Leo Messi has played already 718 official parties with the T-shirt of the FC Barcelona, in which it has transformed 627 so many and has delivered 247 assistances, in addition to conquering a total of 34 titles. And those that remain...

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