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Watch: Messi Nets One-Minute Brace for Barcelona, Extends Lead in European Golden Boot Race

Lionel Messi scored a brace in the space of a minute as Barcelona faced Eibar in the last day of La Liga's regular season.

Barcelona, already crowned as champion, was trailing 1-0 against the home side but Messi quickly overturned the score by scoring twice in the 31st and 32nd minute. First came a smart, low finish inside the box thanks to Arturo Vidal's pass followed by a perfectly timed run from his own half, which ended with a wonderful dink over the keeper.

The brace means Messi now has 36 goals in La Liga thus further extending his lead in the European Golden Boot race, now four goals ahead of PSG's Kylian Mbappe, who claimed his own brace against Dijon on Saturday.