![]() ![]() His first goal of the evening saw him draw level with Cesar Rodriguez (a star in the 1940s and '50s) on 232 goals for the club, before a second and third propelled him into the history books forever more. Messi has broken countless records over the prevailing years but the first big one came in March 2012 when he scored a hat trick against Granada to become Barcelona's all-time top goal scorer at the age of just 24. Some 733 success-laden appearances later, the Argentine superstar is still very much on top, though there have been an awful lot of pivotal events, changes and power shifts since. That 82nd-minute substitution marked a changing of the guard as Messi entered the fray in the blaugrana stripes of Barca for the very first time. Having scored the only goal of the game early on, Deco was hauled off by Barca coach Frank Rijkaard with just a few minutes left and replaced by a 17-year-old academy graduate. Little did we know that on this very day 16 years ago, as Barcelona were slogging to a narrow victory over cross-town rivals Espanyol, we were about to witness a late substitution that would alter the course of football forever. ![]() The day the genie was let out of the bottle - or dugout, depending on which metaphor you prefer for Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi made his Barcelona debut 16 years ago today. ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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