Watch Lionel Messi's incredible Club World Cup free-kick winner for Inter Miami as fans say he's ‘from another planet'
The iconic attacker conjured incredible curl to flash a free-kick high inside the right corner as Inter Miami came from behind to stun Portuguese giants Porto 2-1.
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Lionel Messi made it look amazingly easy as he whipped in the winner
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Messi wheeled away in delight after turning the match around
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David Beckham's team went wild after 37-year-old Messi left viewers claiming the Argentine was as good as ever.
One raved: "he is incredible! Messi is from another planet! Give him the ballon d'Or!".
Another wrote: "The curl on that! What a goal from the greatest ever."
And a third posted: "You don't leave the legend with a foul like that to score the goal."
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If anything, Messi's strike looked even better when seen on the innovative Ref Cam.
The ex-Barcelona hero made his deadball magic look easy as he needed barely any backlift to whip it home from a central position just outside the penalty area 'D'.
And it also put Miami in a dream position - chasing a famous win.
The MLS club overturned Samu Aghehowa's eight-minute penalty opener.
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That spot-kick was a soft decision, given following a VAR intervention after Noah Allen made the merest of contact with Joao Mario.
Venezuela midfielder Telasco Segovia thumped Miami level just 96 seconds into the second half.
And Messi struck seven minutes later.
Porto poured forward late on, with Aghehowa blazing high.
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