The 20-year-old striker, who is on loan at high-flying Championship side Brighton, was set the challenge by the Barcelona forward and did not disappoint with his effort
It turns out anything Lionel Messi can do, 19-year-old Manchester United forward James Wilson can do too...! The England youth international, who is currently on loan at Championship side Brighton, was set a crossbar challenge by the Barcelona superstar, with Messi having hit the woodwork with his own effort on Thursday. So how did Wilson get on? Well if extra points are being awarded for the ball bouncing back into play, then we're sorry Lionel but you've been trumped by the United teenager! Check out both attempts below...
Unbelievable tekkers from @leomessi. He hit the crossbar from the corner and challenged me to do it, here's my attempt. What do you think? #bethedifference #Messi15
A video posted by James Wilson (@j_wilson19) onFeb 11, 2016 at 8:28am PST
Crossbar Challenge Reto a los chicos del equipo Backed by Messi a ver si también consiguen darle al travesaño desde el córner al primer intento. #MarcaLaDiferenciaI hit the crossbar from the corner flag on my first attempt. Let’s see if you can do it too, Backed by Messi players. #BeTheDifference Jeremie Boga Timo Werner Accursio Bentivegna Gyasi Zardes Khiry Shelton Rony Lopes Maxwel Cornet Aleksey Miranchuk James Wilson & Robert Kenedy- LIO Posted by Leo Messi on Thursday, 11 February 2016
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