Messi opened his El Clásico account in spectacular fashion with a hat-trick against Real at Camp Nou. He latched onto a Samuel Eto’o pass to cancel out Ruud van Nistelrooy’s opener and then lashed home another from close range after Ronaldinho had seen his shot pushed out by Iker Casillas.
Messi’s third equalizer came in the 88th minute when he showed great composure to control a Ronaldinho pass, outpace the Madrid defense and fire across Casillas into the corner.
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