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Messi wins goal of the season

Agencies, Barcelona

Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:00 AM Last update on: Fri Aug 26, 2016 03:50 PM

Lionel Messi (R) vies with Roma's French defender Lucas Digne during the UEFA Champions League Group E football match. File Photo: AFP

Lionel Messi has won the UEFA Goal of the Season award for a brilliantly worked strike against Roma in the Champions League.

The Barcelona star exchanged slick passes with Neymar and Luis Suarez before dinking an inch-perfect finish past goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny in a 6-1 victory over the Serie A side at Camp Nou last November.

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The Argentina international is not in the running for the UEFA Best Player in Europe accolade, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Antoine Griezmann vying for that honour.

But the 29-year-old can console himself with having seen off Xherdan Shaqiri's spectacular overhead kick against Poland in the Euro 2016 round of 16, as well as the superb solo strike produced by Saul Niguez as Atletico Madrid defeated Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals.