Messi covered nearly the same distance and beat the same number of players as Diego Maradona did in his "Goal of the Century".
In the 2007 Copa del Rey semi-final, a 19-year-old Messi received the ball in his own half and began a 60-meter sprint, dribbling past five defenders and the goalkeeper. During the live broadcast, commentator Joaquim Maria Puyal repeated (Still Messi, still Messi...) as the teenager refused to lose the ball. 💡 Why It Went Viral (Again) ankara_messi_kara_messi
Experts attribute his "Ankara" moments to an elite football IQ and "gravitational pull" that forces entire defenses to collapse toward him. Messi covered nearly the same distance and beat