#3 Hunger For Champions League Trophy

Lionel Messi

Barcelona have not made it past the quarterfinal phase of the Champions League since 2015, as they have tumbled to Atletico Madrid, Juventus and maybe most amazingly of all, AS Roma at the last eight phase of the opposition.

To exacerbate the situation, the Blaugrana have needed to watch on as unceasing opponents Real Madrid lifted every one of those three Champions Leagues sequentially, with the Catalans making due with residential predominance.

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As expressed before, Messi is without a UCL quarterfinal goal since 2013, so it, in this manner, does not shock see that they have made it to the last four only once from that point forward, as at whatever point Messi scores, Barca will in general win matches.

A key part to triumphing in the Ballon d’Or is Champions League execution, and Lionel Messi knows this great, as in spite of being better than Ronaldo as far as La Liga execution, his Portuguese opponent has bested him to the individual awards essentially on the grounds that he has performed better on the mainland.

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Barcelona is right now on a multi year UCL dry spell, and this is a peculiarity thinking about the custom of the club, with Messi expressing as much amid his first question and answer session as Barcelona’s new captain following Iniesta’s flight.

Messi said that is his central goal to take the UCL back to the Nou Camp, and his activities from that point forward recommend that he has started accomplishing his goal.

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He scored six goals from only three and half matches on the mainland in the gathering stage (counting a cap trap in the opening day against PSV in Eindhoven), and also laying on an assistΒ  for Ousmane Dembele.

Messi scored in every one of his three UCL beginnings in the group stage, and on the off chance that he is to stay aware of this rate, it is difficult to prevent him from lifting the ‘Big Ears’ come May one year from now at the Wanda Metropolitano, and this would without a doubt help in his journey for a record 6th Ballon d’Or triumph.

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