Barcelona assistant manager Jordi Roura has praised the Argentine ace, Lionel Messi, by saying that the record he has just achieved shows how difficult it is to score against opposition in Spain.

Messi recently managed to break the record of scoring against all the teams in the Spanish la Liga in a single season. The 2-2 draw with Celta de Vigo during the weekend saw the creation of this new record. As a result of scoring in this match, Messi has become the first player to score against 19 teams in the league in one season.

The Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has praised the Luis Suarez by comparing him with the Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

The 25-year-old Argentine is regarded as one of the best players in the world. He recently managed to win his fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or award beating the competition from Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta. Luis Suarez hails from the same continent and he has a similar style of play as well. The Uruguayan was at his brilliant best in the recent 3-0 victory over Sunderland, which helped Liverpool maintain their recent good run of form in the league.

The Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has shrugged off his achievements in beating the 40-year-old record held by Gerd Muller for scoring the most number of goals in a calendar year by saying that team performance and achievements matter to him most.

The 25-year-old Barcelona superstar is regarded as the best player in the world and he recently scored 86 goals in a single calendar year to get past the record set by the German Gerd Muller back in 1972. The German scored 85 goals in a single season for West Germany and Bayern Munich. After recently overtaking the record held by Pele, Messi has now broken this record as well.

Barcelona has defeated Rayo Vallecano in a La Liga match played at Estadio Rayo Vallecano on Saturday. Barca won the match by a huge margin of 5-0. This was the eighth victory for Barcelona in the ongoing La Liga.

This victory helped Barcelona to maintain its no. 1 position in the points table. Barcelona currently has 25 points in 9 matches. On the other hand, Rayo Vallecano has slipped down to no. 13 in the points table after this defeat. Rayo currently has only 10 points in 9 matches.

The new Celtic defender Efe Ambrose has said that he is ready to put in one of his best performances for the new club in the effort to stop the Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi when the two sides met each other in the Champions League group stages.

Celtic are making an appearance in the group stage of the Champions League for the first time in four seasons and it is not get any easier for them than facing Barcelona at this stage. The Nigerian recently completed his move to the Scottish club from the Israeli club Ashdod.

Despite losing their Spanish La Liga crown to bitter rivals Real Madrid and their Champions League trophy to Chelsea, Lionel Messi and co. of Barcelona could have a new rival for European glory in the form of moneybags Paris St. Germain.

The Ligue 1 side have been undergoing a Manchester City-esque renaissance since being purchased by Qatar Investment Authority in 2011, having splashed out on big name players such as Javier Pastore and Ezequiel Lavezzi in recent years.

The latest big money signings are Milan pair Thiago Silva and former Barca man Zlatan Ibrahimovic, bought for an estimated combined €60 million in July, the latter of whom was in action as the French side took on Barcelona in a pre season friendly.

Chelsea's latest high-profile acquisitions in the transfer window – Eden Hazard – has said that it is extremely flattering to be compared alongside players like Lionel Messi, but has said that he is someone who wants to create his own way.

The 21-year-old Belgian playmaker arrived at the club in a deal worth around £ 40 million including the agent fees. He is already one of the highest earners at the club due to his contract that pays him around £ 150,000 per week. He was extremely impressive in the first pre-season match against Seattle Sounders. His close control and dribbling led many to compare him to Lionel Messi.

Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has said that Leo Messi deserves to win every major award there is to win for a player individually.

Lionel Messi recently broke the record for the most number of goals for an individual player in a single campaign in Europe. The record was held by German Gerd Muller, but it has now been broken by Argentine forward Lionel Messi.

The Barcelona striker now has 68 goals to his name this season alone, which is significantly better than his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo has managed at Real Madrid. Even though Lionel Messi does not have any great titles to show for this season, he has been one of the best players in the world over the last couple of years.

Lionel Messi is one of the most valuable players in the world. He is also regarded as the greatest player in the world and the best part of it is the fact that he is only 24 years old.

It has prompted suggestions that a Lionel Messi could be worth as much as £ 100 million or even more.

Many have also been thinking about the fact that Barcelona would only want to sell the player in order to cash in, but Barcelona president Sandro Rosell differs to think that way. This is because the Barcelona president believes that any other club would sell Lionel Messi, but not Barcelona.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has said that he never dreamt of breaking the goal record for Barcelona.

The Argentine superstar recently broke the record of Cesar Rodriguez, which has been held since 1940s, of the most number of goals for Barcelona.

Lionel Messi has now scored 234 goals for Barcelona in all competitions, putting him ahead of the likes of Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, and many other greats. Hence, there has been a suggestion that Messi is one of the best players in the world, who may be even compared to the likes of Diego Maradona. Messi achieved the record after scoring a hat-trick against Granada during the weekend.