Messi will play his 50th career final!

Imagine that Messi had been injured for two matches and played today, unfit, against Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup semi-finals.

They were losing until the 77th minute, and in exactly 10 minutes, Messi turned the game around, scoring two goals and sending Inter Miami to the final!

The truly amazing scene is the one you see: the score was tied, and Messi, with all his might, decided to break the deadlock between three defenders, executed a one-two with Alba, and scored.

No player in the world can create solutions out of thin air like Messi!

Messi has contributed to 37 goals in 34 matches, including 16 goals in his last nine matches with Inter Miami this season!

Messi will play in his 50th career final!

Messi has scored 877 goals in his career, 766 of which are non-penalty goals, an 87% percentage.

Understand that percentage!

Messi has completed 3,974 dribbles in 1,119 matches, averaging 3.5 dribbles per game, the highest ever!

What Messi has done to football is simply incredible.

The photo above was from August 2012. This was Jordi Alba’s first assist for Messi, against Osasuna in La Liga.

Follow 13 years and we’ll reach August 2025, and the duo will be back together at Inter Miami.

Today, Jordi Alba assisted Messi for a priceless goal in the Copa del Rey semifinals, sending Inter Miami through to the final!

The Messi-Alba duo is one of the strongest duos ever seen in football, despite their distance from each other on the field.

Alba memorized Messi’s every move minute by minute, and vice versa.

Imagine that the pair have scored 44 goals between them.

Alba assisted Messi 31 times, and Messi assisted Alba 13 times!

The secret to the strength of this duo lies in a simple statement made by Jordi Alba himself: “One look is enough to know what the other is thinking.

Messi always makes us better than everyone else.”

The understanding between them in every detail was perfect.

Alba was aware of Messi’s Qatari positioning behind the defenders, who would then defend the goal after the ball was transferred to Alba himself.

Each time, Alba would make the decision to cross back because Messi was free and had the finishing ability from areas far from goal.

The same thing happened when Messi leaned towards the right or in depth, gathering the play around him and emptying the left flank.

Alba would move behind the right back, and Messi would pass diagonally, placing Alba in a space alone.

The rest of the attackers would complete the attack in the box, gathering the defenders around them.

Messi would delay his movement towards goal so he would be free outside the area and receive Alba’s cut-back crosses.

Or he would come from the far right, across the width of the field, not vertically like the defenders, to take the ball in front of them and outwit them

and the goalkeeper with a first-time shot from a distance.

Messi will play his 50th career final

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