Lionel Messi picks his favorite goal of his career, and it came against rival Cristiano Ronaldo back in 2009
Lionel Messi picks his favorite goal of his career, and it came against rival Cristiano Ronaldo back in 2009
Lionel Messi has chosen his favorite goal of his career and selected the header he scored in the UEFA Champions League final of 2009 for Barcelona as the goal that is above the rest.
Messi scored in the 70th minute of Barcelona’s over Manchester United in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, giving his side a 2-0 advantage that was more than enough to win the Champions League. The piece started with an ineffective approval of United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, with Carles Puyol who stood the chance. He then sent the ball to Samuel Eto’o, who had already scored the opening goal of the game in the 10th minute and then crossed the ball to Messi. The Argentinian jumped to the ball and got his head on it and put it in the back of the net.
“Because of the moment it happened, because of what it meant, because it awarded an unforgettable year,” said Messi in a video shared by his current club, Inter Miami. “For me it is the most meaningful goal of all.”
Messi earned Man of the Match Honors in Rome, where he won the second of his four Champions League titles with Barcelona and the first of two Treble-winning seasons he ended that he enjoyed with the club. It was also the only grand finale in which he met against Cristiano Ronaldo, who played all 90 minutes for United on that day.
The 37-year-old called his favorite goal as part of an initiative for IMCF Foundation by Inter Miami, who has felt the award-winning visual artist Refik Anadol with transforming the goal into a work of art as part of a charity initiative.
