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#2 Messi wins first Ballon d'Or by leading Barcelona to the sextuple
An all-conquering Barcelona side found the going really tough against Argentina's Estudiantes in the 2009 final. Having sailed through the previous round with a 3-1 defeat of Mexico's Atlante, Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling outfit were brought back to earth by a charged Rat Stabbers, who dealt with the mighty challenge in the shape of Barcelona, with aplomb.
Mauro Boselli's opener in the first-half left the Catalans chasing, but Pedro's equaliser in the penultimate minute of normal time soothed the frayed nerves. The game headed into extra-time and an impish Messi lurked out of nowhere to head home the winner 10 minutes from time as Barcelona walked away with their first ever Club World Cup trophy, completing the historic sextuple.
Though quiet for most of the night, that one winning moment set the twinkle-toed Barcelona forward on his way to his first Ballon d'Or that he would go on to claim next month, having played an instrumental role in all six of Catalan's titles that year.
