La Liga have released a compilation of Lionel Messi's greatest free-kicks and it makes for wonderful viewing.
The Argentine genius scored another beauty from a dead-ball situation against Real Sociedad at the weekend, sealing a 4-2 win for the La Liga leaders after they were 2-0 down, 34 minutes into the game.
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Around 25 yards out, Messi curled one right into the top corner - leaving Gerónimo Rulli absolutely stranded in the goal.
It was another piece of pure brilliance from Messi - and one that surely provided further evidence that when it comes to free-kicks, nobody can touch him.
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His long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo has obviously scored his fair share of belting free-kicks but his success rate has greatly reduced over the years.
You'll only appreciate Messi's ability from dead-ball situations even more when you watch La Liga's highlight reel of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's top ten free-kicks in the league.
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Every goal is a bloody good strike but La Liga have ranked the set-pieces in order. The sensational effort against Atletico Madrid to leave Thibaut Courtois routed to the spot is in third, the pinpoint pearler against Villarreal gets second place and the overall winner was the stunner against Real Madrid at the Nou Camp in 2012/13.
Here are the top ten goals we've had sent through from you:
Fans have been picking their favourite in the replies:
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Does Messi take the best free-kick in world football today? Which of the above strikes is your favourite?
Sound off in the comments.
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