2006-07 Season of lionel messi

Messi maintained his reputation as a big match player when he tricked Brazilian full back Roberto Carlos making him fall over and break a finger during one particularly deft move.^[22] His 89th minute equaliser away to Werder Bremen was pivotal in Barcelona’s qualification to the Champions League knock out phase. Messi had another long lay off with a broken metatarsal which kept him out for 3 months.^[23] He sustained the injury in a game against Real Zaragoza on November 12, after tackles from Alberto Zapater and Albert Celades.^[24] On 5 January 2007, Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo reported that Internazionale president Massimo Moratti was planning a £71 million bid for Messi;^[25] however, Moratti denied any immediate plans to sign Messi in an interview posted on Internazionale’s official website.^[26] He made his return against Racing Santander on the 11th of February, where he came on as a second-half substitute.[1] On March 10, 2007 he scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid in El Clásico, with his third goal coming in injury time to earn 10-man Barcelona the draw 3-3 at home to Real Madrid. Messi was the first player to score a hat-trick in El Clásico since Iván Zamorano did it for Real Madrid in the 1994-95 season, and the first Barcelona player to do it since Romario scored three against Real Madrid in the 1993-94 season, and against Recreativo he scored again. This was his 7th goal. He scored again against Deportivo, from a wonderful pass from Ronaldinho. This was his 8th goal in the 2006-07 season. A wondeful solo goal against Getafe CF in a La Liga game on April 18th further reflected Messi’s footballing similarity with Diego Maradona, and has further forged the youngster as one of the hottest prospects in the game.
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