Lionel Messi top scorer in La Liga

Lionel Messi top scorer in La Liga 

This season, Lionel Messi is the top scorer in La Liga with 15 goals in 11 games. Also, Messi is more decisive away from home than at Camp Nou. In the stadium of Barcelona, ​​the Argentine striker scored two goals against Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. As a visitor, he scored two goals against Osasuna, Getafe, Rayo and Mallorca, another hat-trick against Deportivo Coruña.

In Spanish Supercup, scoring twice. And in the Champions League, three: two against Spartak Moscow and the last,  at Celtic Park, that goal was dedicated to his son Thiago.

Lionel Messi Biography

Lionel Messi Biography

(Lionel Andrés Messi, Rosario, Santa Fe, 1987) Argentinian footballer.
Possessing exceptional technical ability, a devilish speed and inexhaustible inventiveness, since he came from the hand of their parents at FC Barcelona, 13 years old, made a dizzying career by the different categories to the first team, which debuted with just 16 in a friendly match against Porto.

In 2004, at age 17, played his first official match of the Spanish league. At 18 he got his international recognition: he was part of the Argentina, World Junior champion in the Dutch Under-20 Championship in 2005. But his true hatching occurred with the arrival of Pep Guardiola at Barca bench: during the four seasons in which he led the team coach (2008-2012), his goalscoring statistics reached stratospheric levels, contributing decisively to Barca's lived best phase in its history with 14 titles made ​​possible 18.
Almost unanimously considered the best player of the moment, his individual talent has been recognized for three consecutive years with the Golden Ball (2009, 2010 and 2011).

Known as Leo or Pulga (Flea), pointed his immense quality and when he was five and played in the club in his hometown neighborhood run by his father and been reaffirmed when, after seven years, started playing in the lower divisions of Newell's Old Boys of Rosario.

At 10 years old, Messi are about to make the leap to the club River Plate in Buenos Aires, he detected a delay in bone development caused by low levels of growth hormones, medical treatment was very expensive, the clubs would not afford it and his father, who did not have the necessary financial resources, decided to emigrate with his family to Barcelona, where he had presented a working option.
In September 2000, Leo performed a test on the FC Barcelona coach Carles Rexach was amazed by his football talent and, in effect signing a contract on a paper napkin, he joined the club, who took charge of the boy's treatment. Messi was then thirteen years and measured 140 cm.

Messi and Co. wins in Moscow

Messi and Co. wins in Moscow 

A brilliant Messi warmed the frosty Luzhniki stadium. Barcelona beat Spartak Moscow for 3 -0 with 2 goals from Lionel Messi who has one more remarkable exhibition.

With these 2 more goals Messi has equaled Ruud van Nistelrooy as second top scorer in the history of the Champions League. Leo has scored 56 goals and only surpassed by Raúl with 71.

Lionel Messi wins Golden Eleven ahead of Ronaldo

Lionel Messi wins Golden Eleven ahead of Ronaldo

For the third consecutive year, the French magazine Onze Mondial elected Lionel Messi the best soccer player of the year, based on the votes of its readers.

The Barcelona striker won the Golden Eleven award with 47.5 percent of the votes, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo into second place (27.95%), while the Colombian Radamel Falcao complete the podium after receive 6.10 percent of votes.

Messi is the third player to receive this award for the third time, equaling Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000 and 2001). Cristiano Ronaldo earned the award in 2008.

Menotti: "Messi is a Martian»

Menotti: "Messi is a Martian»

"It's a Martian. It's amazing what we have achieved, "said  Argentine coach César Luis Menotti. compatriot of Messi.

"His deep commitment with the team, their solidarity, prudent and respectful. When he score a goal embraces his colleagues, no celebrates with the croud. When it is bright it becomes impossible to see what it does. Never seen him play poorly. Never. Neither in Barcelona nor in the selection, "said Menotti, who believes" there are no doubts 'about who deserved to win the Golden Ball, although it adds that "it would also be  fair a award for Iniesta.

About Cristiano Ronaldo says he is " individually remarkable", but in this sense "individual plays to win the game." "When she does not get the team playing with ten 'claims, speaking to radio Xarxa.