Lionel Messi moments: No look pass to penalty redemption

Three magical Messi moments which lit up the dramatic game against the Netherlands in Friday night's World Cup quarter-final

MESSI MAGIC: Lionel Messi shoots a free kick during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina. Pic: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Three Lionel Messi moments… 

35 mins: If not the greatest no-look pass ever then certainly in the running for the most consequential. Messi picks it up deep in the Netherlands half, dribbles past Frenkie de Jong, teases Nathan Ake out a little further and creates space in behind the Dutch defence. Having bided his time for over half an hour, he delays just a little longer before, without so much as a full glance, sending a gorgeous pass into the path of Nahuel Molina who gets in ahead of Daley Blind and pokes it home. The Argentines have an advantage and now the Dutch must open up.