Carrying Argentina to the round-of-16 of the World Cup:
In the 2014 World Cup, Messi was once again at his best as he terrorized defenders from around the world.
However, the whole Argentina team found it hard to break through a spirited Iran side that were close to taking the tie to extra time. But the Barcelona maestro had other plans. He took the ball 25 yards away from the goal, beat a defender, made himself space for a shot and found the top corner and all that in stoppage time breaking the Iran resistance to push his team into the round-of-16 of the competition.
Here is a video of his heroics: