Barcelona’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 will only settle for a win against Shakhtar Donetsk
Barcelona’s talisman and prolific goal scoring machine, Lionel Messi has gone on to state that when his side take on Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, the only thing they want is a win.
The player then went on to state that perhaps there might not be any other choice, as him neither his teammates would be willing to settle for anything less in the game.
When talking to the press, Messi is quoted to have said:
"We hope to win but it all depends how everyone performs. It will be important to win and if we can make a difference then it will be better for us. It will be good to take an advantage there for the second-leg".
However, Shakhtar’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darijo-Srna-c10266, stated that his side had a fifty-fifty chance of beating Barcelona.
When asked about Srna’s comments, Messi stated that perhaps there was an outside chance that the visitors could do the unthinkable and beat Barcelona.
The Argentine forward then went on to add, "They are a strong team and they play very well. It will be a tough game for us. No rival is easy in the Champions League".
At the moment going into the game, Barcelona are considered the hot favourites to pick up the win in the game. This is mainly due to the fact that the Catalans have been the most impressive side in the Champions League this term and have also been cleaning
house in the La Liga, irrelevant of whose suffering from injuries or not.
At the same time, the team would be greatly reliant on the services of Lionel Messi in the game, since at the end of the day it comes down to having the ‘X’ factor, to pick up the win, and Messi more than fits the bill.
The Argentinean international is having one of the best seasons of his career and has so far managed to score a staggering forty-five goals in just forty-three appearances for the club, while picking up twenty-one assists along the way.
It’s these stats that have him pegged to be one of the, if not the greatest player, to have ever played the beautiful sport of football.
Nonetheless, the player will be looking to go all out tonight, especially considering the fact that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, his closest rival did find the back of the net last night when Real Madrid, who also happen to be Barcelona’s fiercest rivals, crushed
Tottenham by four goals to nil.
Messi has failed to find the back of the net all of last month. The player will be under pressure to score against Shakhtar Donetsk.
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