Lionel Messi: La Liga is more important than the Champions League

Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, recently stated that La Liga was more important than Champions league. He said this was because it allowed teams to be more competitive in or European tournaments. In dition to this, Messi said that premier club competition is something very special but Spanish league tuned m to play in a much better way in such competitions.

'La Liga is more important'

Lionel also ded that it becomes difficult for him and his team when y are t performing well in league and are trying ir best in Champions League. He also said that y never forget importance of title y are fighting for because y are Barcelona and will always strive to win titles.

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Catalans are gunning to win ir third straight title this season but are off to a sluggish start that has left m 2 points behind leers, Real Mrid who are at 18 points. Barcelona has won 5, drawn 1 and lost 2 out of 8 matches y have played so far.

Decent start to ir Champions League campaign

In terms of Champions league performance, Spanish team is placed at second position in Group F. Barcelona next play Slavia Praha in ir third group match on October 24 at Sibo Stium, Prague. y last won Champions league in 2015 and were defeated by Liverpool in semi-finals last year, making it 3 years in a row that y have t reached a Champions League final.

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On October 16, Messi was awarded European Golden Shoe Award for third consecutive time and overall 6th time. award came after he scored 36 goals in 34 matches.

injury-ridden season for Messi

2019-20 season has been injury-ridden for Lionel Messi, as he was initially was out with a calf problem but returned to play against Villarreal to mark his first start after injury suffered in pre-season. striker played in first half of match, setting up a goal for Antoine Griezmann to score first goal of match but stressed his ductor in his left thigh after playing for 30 minutes. Later on, Messi was tended to by team doctors for a few minutes before coming back on and playing entire first half.

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(With inputs from ncies)