Messi’s Goal

Front page news in Europe while we were in Germany: an unbelievable goal by Barcelona’s wunderkind Lionel Messi in a Spanish cup game vs. Getafe, running through the entire opposing defense, 13 seconds of possession, 13 touches of the ball in all — very much a carbon copy of Maradonna’s classic world cup goal vs. England. The video keeps being taken down from YouTube upon complaint from some copyright holder or other. But a search usually picks up a new copy. Try it.