Copa Del Rey 2018/19, Barcelona 6-1 Sevilla: 5 Talking Points

Barcelona 6-1 Sevilla: Caning at the Camp Nou
Barcelona 6-1 Sevilla: Caning at the Camp Nou

#3 That sixth goal though..

Messi caps off a wonderful evening with a wonderful goal
Messi caps off a wonderful evening with a wonderful goal

Most of the strikes in the goal-fest were pretty easy finishes. Of course, Arana Lopes' zinger of a volley was one of the best moments, but Barcelona's sixth goal of the evening takes the cake.

It had all the ingredients of crisp crossing, precise passing, neat one-twos, eye-catching dummy and a nonchalant finish: As Barcelona break on the counter, Arturo Vidal released Suarez who scythed into the area to lay off for Pique, who then backpassed it to him. The Uruguayan then laid it back which Jordi Alba dummied into the path of Messi, who then took a touch and unmistakably rounded off the rout with a gentle finish.

The technique, the vision, the movement, the communication and of course, the finish - everything involved to produce this goal was of the finest quality; a pure Barcelona-esque goal, literally rolling back the years to Pep Guardiola's tiki-taka days.

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