Twitter explodes after Messi's 92nd-minute winner in El Clasico
Lionel Messi, ladies and gentlemen.
A capital was silenced on Sunday, as Messi tallied his 500th goal for Barcelona in all competitions under the mother of all spotlights. Just when it looked like El Clasico would end as a draw, the Argentinian genius swept the ball underneath Keylor Navas in the 92nd minute, reviving the title race in La Liga by giving the Blaugrana a 3-2 victory at Real Madrid.
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While the boulevards and parks of Madrid, Spain were left silent, Twitter was anything but quiet.
Lionel Messi joins a select group of players to have scored 500 career goals for one club pic.twitter.com/k0AU0heOs1
— Mohamed Moallim (@iammoallim) April 23, 2017
👑 Simply, Leo #Messi 👑 🔴🔵 #ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/TWOHVIXpCR
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 23, 2017
bloody hell.
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) April 23, 2017
wow
Messi v Real Madrid 😂😂
— Football Vines (@FootballVines) April 23, 2017
pic.twitter.com/VC9zeBAwCy
Never ever elbow @Messi and make him angry. What a moment to make your 500 league goal for @FCBarcelona
— Ruud Gullit (@GullitR) April 23, 2017
#Messi ⚽ 5⃣0⃣0⃣ 👏 👏 👏 @FCBarcelona #Messi500 pic.twitter.com/MyEGgJ2h4k
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 23, 2017
Real Madrid-Barcelona 2-3 FT.
— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) April 23, 2017
Messianic Messi game.
Not only he appeared.
But took 10 nobodies and make them become apostles.
Trinity player
Aaannnd breathe. 😅
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 23, 2017
Lionel #Messi stuns the Bernabeu to move Barcelona level on points with Real Madrid atop #LaLiga. #ElClasico pic.twitter.com/AloEWCcUHv
"Messi, born in a crossfire hurricane and he is Jumpin Jack Flash! You could drop a tarantula into his shorts and he'd still be cool."
— Live Ray Hudson (@liverayhudson) April 23, 2017
Lionel #Messi scores 2nd goal of the day and his 500th career goal for Barcelona.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 23, 2017
His 7th multi-goal #ElClasico match, 1st since Mar. 2014. pic.twitter.com/3v4vLadnvT
Lionel Messi: Has scored 31 goals in 29 league games this season. Was his latest one the most important this season? #elclasico
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) April 23, 2017
Never take it for granted that you were alive to watch Lionel Messi routinely make the miraculous appear routine
— roger bennett (@rogbennett) April 23, 2017
6th BALLON D'OR COMING FOR MESSI pic.twitter.com/HKr5WL0FkG
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) April 23, 2017
Messi bleeds Blue and Garnet pic.twitter.com/BfDsDWRcHV
— KICK (@KICK) April 23, 2017
0 - Number of words left to describe Lionel Messi. .
— OptaJoke (@OptaJoke) April 23, 2017
MILESTONE: Lionel #Messi has now scored 500 career goals for Barcelona.
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 23, 2017
Absolutely unbelievable. 👽 pic.twitter.com/ydjL60PPw3
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