Fabregas's goal was entirely made by Messi - he didn't even have to touch the ball until the goal

Almost any1 in the barca 1st team, midfield upward could havev passed that. Fabregas made sure that was a goal with his class

That was a great finish by cesc despite an amazing assist by messi...

@Gunnerdemaestro I don't agree you. Messi has shown he can can do more better things than even xavi. He assist such goal that you can't even think that can happen before he does it. It's not luck that messi provides most assist than others. And this surely was classic assist. You can't just say anybody could do it. Fabregas did good job but messi did outstanding here. Thank you very much

Well I'm agree with magic from messi pass but I can't say messi could do more than xavi or iniesta as the midfielder. They are all the best.... I don't want to judge them

Well said Panda.

One can easily envision Fabregas playing the same long ball to Messi, who in turn applies a similar finish. In fact, put any of Messi, Fabregas, Iniesta or Xavi in either the passing or scoring role for that goal, and you'd likely get the exact same result.

And that is the beauty of this Barca side. Anyone, from anywhere, at any moment. A squadron of tiny footballing assassins. It doesn't matter who

Thank you! People underestimate him he's easily the best midfielder on the planet! He carries the Barca rythem from the Busi and makes it flow in the midfield and attack. 1 cool 1 clever vote

Iniesta is a sorcerer, a magician. He dazzles and befuddles his opponents. He is without rival

Lol.... You sound like Ray Hudson

Haha, cheers! I had to Google Ray Hudson to know who you're talking about but I found a fine sample:

"Don’t look for him [Messi] in the Xs and Os. He doesn’t live there. He doesn’t live in the tactical world or the technical world. He lives in the magnetic spectrum of genius. "

That's quality stuff right there

This is an important observation - Messi's potential from midfield. I wouldn't be surprised if, ten or fifteen years from now, whenever Messi starts to slow down a bit, he smoothly transitions into a midfield role similar to Xavi's. His vision, his passing ability, his ability to bring others into play, is good enough to fill that kind of distributional role. At the moment, and for the foreseeable future, he is too devastating as an attacker to pull back away from the scoring chances.

And as a quick add on, this kind of transition would be similar to what Ryan Giggs has achieved at Manchester United. The more I think about the two players, Giggs and Messi, the more I recognize how complete their respective games are

Well said. Its just honestly something about Messi that makes you respect him so much. He seems like a little kid enjoying football as if he was playing with his friends at the park. Other players seem so serious and like do too much thinking but he just seems to do everything by nature. Football seems like breathing to him he doesn't even think about it. Plus he's such a lovable guy for the amount of class he shows when players try to break his legs and he will still shake their hands after the match

Messi does have great character, and he plays so smoothly too. But dude, if you watch neymar, it's just ridiculous how natural he looks. I suppose it helps that he is still playing in brazil, but he's gonna' be insane some day. Haha got a little off subject there.... Congrats to barca!