Tag: Messi

Lionel Messi and Barcelona have changed football forever, according to Gheorghe Hagi. Superstar forward Messi has won 29 trophies since making his Barca debut in 2004, including eight LaLiga titles and four Champions League crowns.

No Messi, no problem, Argentina proved in their 2-1 defeat of Chile on June 7. Though the superstar was sidelined still that night with a lumbar injury, he could be in form for this game—and that should trouble Panama, to say the least. Still, Panama boast a serious danger in Blas Perez, whose brace led them to victory over Bolivia on June 6.

Barca, the colloquial name for Fútbol Club Barcelona or F.C. Barcelona, is known and respected throughout the world as one of its premier teams, and is one of only three never to have been relegated from the Spanish La Liga. It is one of the most famous football teams in Europe, second in Spain only to Real Madrid. In fact, according to the official statistics it was the most successful team worldwide between the years of 1991 and 2015.