Lionel Messi Bends Ball, Space, and Time

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Lionel Messi Bends Ball, Space, and Time

Lionel Messi gave Barcelona a 1-0 lead over Almeria with a fantastic curling strike.

Lionel Messi opened scoring for Barcelona against Almería and it was a doozy that probably should count as two goals. Messi shook one defender out of his cleats and continued to the middle of the pitch, where he waited for a crease to open up, and once he found he it, he bent a shot between two pairs of defenders and the keeper and somehow managed to keep it curling just inside the far post.

WHAT A CURVE! @TeamMessi with a RIDICULOUS PLACED SHOT! TAKE A BOW! #beINLaLiga #FCBAlmeria http://t.co/VddLsD4Uv3
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) April 8, 2015

The good thing about a Messi goal is that it makes Ray Hudson lose his mind like no other. What is especially great about this particular Messi goal is that Ray Hudson sounds nonplussed. And for one brief moment, at the end of the clip as he watches the final angle, you can hear what a speechless Ray Hudson might sound like.