<p><div class="image-container full"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/523af11becad04ce28647575-1200-673/lionel-messi-ajax-free-kick-goal.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="lionel messi ajax free kick goal" width="800" /><p class="source on-image">Fox <keyword id="3071" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soccer">Soccer</keyword></p></div></div>A day after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-goal-champions-league-video-2013-9">Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals</a> in his team's first Champions League game of the year, <keyword id="704" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lionel-Messi">Lionel Messi</keyword> matched him with a hat trick against Ajax.</p>
<p><keyword id="6355518" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Barcelona">Barcelona</keyword> won 4-0, but this was all Messi.</p>
<p>His first goal was a bending free kick that banged off the far post and deflected behind the keeping.</p>
<p>Look at this thing whip into the corner:</p>
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Lionel Messi Bends In A Sick Free Kick Goal Off The Post In The Champions League

Fox SoccerA day after Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in his team's first Champions League game of the year, Lionel Messi matched him with a hat trick against Ajax. Barcelona won 4-0, but this was all Messi. His first goal was a bending free kick that banged off the far post and deflected behind the keeping. Look at this thing whip into the corner: Video: Messi's free-kick puts Barcelona in front

Fox SoccerA day after Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in his team's first Champions League game of the year, Lionel Messi matched him with a hat trick against Ajax. Barcelona won 4-0, but this was all Messi.

Lionel Messi Bends In A Sick Free Kick Goal Off The Post In The Champions League

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