The Lionel Messi nutmeg that is lighting up social media

In a video posted by 'Team Messi', the player's official Twitter account in conjunction with Adidas, the star is caught on camera performing one of the most outrageous pieces of skill you are likely to see.

Many have claimed that the video is fake, but such is Messi's talent that it is impossible to definitively rule either way.

Messi can be seen performing keepy-ups before allowing the ball to drop and launching it across the field.

What appears initially as it hit and hope is no such thing, with the ball rolling perfectly through the legs of a reporter who is recording a piece on the other side of the pitch.

A nutmeg from the other side of the pitch, only Leo Messi.

 

17 August 2018