Watch: Lionel Messi humiliates Jerome Boateng with nasty cross-up

You already knew him as Lionel Messi, Destroyer of Defenders. And maybe even as Lionel Messi, Greatest Soccer Player To Ever Walk The Earth.

But as of Wednesday, following his humiliation of Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng in Barcelona’s 3-0 UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg win, you also know him as Lionel Messi, Breaker of Ankles.

This And1 mixtape-quality cross-over merits a place in the all-time pantheon of cross-ups.

Joining the likes of this one. And this one. Or like these.

All of which, we suspect, were inspired – maybe even plagiarized – by Messi’s, even though it hadn’t happened yet.

There was much merriment on Twitter about all this, of course:

And even an F. Scott Fitzgerald reference:

From all of us here at FC Yahoo, get well soon, Jerome.