The Barcelona attacker has stated that he would like Celtic to progress alongside the Catalans to the knock-out stages of Europe’s elite club competition.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 may have a part to play for Scottish side Celtic as they get prepared to take on their upcoming Champions League encounter against Portuguese side Benfica.
The Argentine international has recorded that he would like the Glasgow outfit to advance to the next stage of the elite competition.
Messi can have a direct impact on the Scottish side’s advancement aspirations.
Barcelona are to entertain Portuguese side Benfica at Camp Nou while Celtic are to host Russian club Spartak Moscow in the last round of the group stages fixtures.
A win for Barcelona will mean that the Glasgow giants, Celtic, will only have to gain a point at home against the Russian outfit, and that would see Neil Lennon’s side ensure their advancement.
Messi was full of praise for the Celtic support and stated that they deserve to be in the next stage of the Champions League.
The Argentine particularly emphasised on how the Glasgow side’s fans kept their team going, especially at Camp Nou, even after they had just lost.
“The Celtic fans deserve to be in Europe,” he said. “They have been amazing in both games we have played against them recently.”
“We knew what they were going to be like in Glasgow but the way they were in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 after they had just lost in the way they did was amazing. I have never seen anything like that before.”
While Celtic are to complete their own http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, some of the Glasgow side’s fans are worried about Barca fielding a relatively weakened side against the Portuguese, as the Catalan’s progression has already been rubberstamped.
Messi will be looking to have a solid game for himself, considering that he is just a single goal shy of the great Gerd Muller’s record.
Muller holds the record of scoring 85 goals in a single calendar year, and a brace for the diminutive Argentine will see him shatter one of the most elusive individual football records of all times.
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