The Argentinean skipper was the player who missed the penalty against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the semi-final of the Champions League last season, and that cost the Catalans the European title.
Barcelona were unable to retain the Champions League and the Spanish La Liga last season. At first, they lost the match against Chelsea at the Nou Camp, and it want went down to Lionel Messi’s in-game penalty which he missed.
Later, the Catalan giants had the chance to put pressure on Real Madrid when the second leg of El Clasico was being played in the Spanish La Liga. However, La Blaugrana were unable to capitalize and Jose Mourinho’s men were the ones who won the game 2-1
and emerged victorious, making them untouchable in the points table.
Apart from ruing the penalty that he missed, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 recently claimed that he expects his team to bounce back and come out with all guns blazing.
Under Josep Guardiola, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 were often labelled as not only the best teams in the world, but also the best team in the history of football. However, the Spanish giants were unable to live up to their reputation last season and that is the reason why
Messi expects the Spanish giants to bounce back in the coming season.
Barcelona are now going to be under the guidance of their former assistant coach, Tito Vilanova. Each and every Barcelona player who spoke about Vilanova’s appointment as head coach had something positive to say about the newly appointed manager.
Therefore, Lionel Messi expects that since the players are hungry for more titles, that is the reason why he expects them to bounce back this season.
While speaking to the press, Lionel Messi said:
"I hope we can get back to winning everything again."
"The squad is very tight here and everyone knows what they need to do."
While most of the players in his team, Barcelona, were busy playing in the Euro 2012, Lionel Messi had a good rest at his home in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841. Recently his physician claimed that the coming season might be Lionel Messi’s best season as a player.
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