Messi equalises to Iniesta and recorta distance to Xavi in Champions

With the crash of this Tuesday against the Olympique of Lyon, corresponding to the gone of eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League, Leo Messi equalised the 130 parties of Andrés Iniesta in the League of Champions with the Barça, and converted like this in the second player of the history of the club with more parties in said competition, just by behind Xavi Hernández.

The one of Terrassa accumulates 151 of Champions League with the Barcelona, by what Leo Messi still will have to expect some seasons to equalise him or can even that surpass him, in function of how many seasons more want to follow playing dressed of Barcelona, and also of the results that go accumulating the group culé in the maximum European competition of clubs.

After Leo Messi and Andrés Iniesta (130), Carles Puyol is the fourth player of the Barça that more split has played along his career in Champions League dressed of Barcelona (115), by in front of Víctor Valdés (106), Sergio Busquets (101) and Gerard Hammered (100). These two last, therefore, will not take in surpassing to the of the Pobla of Segur and plant just behind Leo Messi and Andrés Iniesta.

The '10' and the manchego, by the way, are also the two players of the Barça that more titles accumulate in the club. Leo Messi adds already more titles in his list of winners (33) that years fulfilled (31). His balance is not at all desdeñable: 9 Leagues (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018), 4 Champions League (2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015), 6 Glasses of Rey (2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018), 8 Supercopas of Spain (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016 ), 3 Supercopas of Europe (2009, 2011 and 2015) and 3 World-wide of Clubs (2009, 2011 and 2015). Almost At all.

After the course of Andrés Iniesta to the term of the past season to Japan, now Lionel Messi is the only member of the 'old policeman' of the Barça, that that played also under the orders of Frank Rijkaard. It follows being accompanied of the hard core, is true, that compose Busquets, Hammered, Jordi Alba and company in the last times.

Messi wants to follow conquering titles this course

'The Flea' has attained what any another player has been able to achieve in the Barça. 33 titles with his club, 6 Balloons of Gold, 5 Boots of Gold and a long list of winners of distinctions. To his 31 years, is the player more laureado of the history of the Barcelona, surpassing to Iniesta by a title.

Messi, in any case, will not conform with 33 titles. The '10' has the big aim to follow conquering trophies, and for the present campaign has marked the big aim of the UEFA Champions League, in addition to following leading to the Barça in LaLiga Santander. The Glass of the King also keeps on being a possibility, although to arrive to the final the Barça will have to improve the 1-1 of the party of gone against the Real Madrid in the Camp Nou. With the rosarino motivated, this yes, there is not ceiling for the Barça. And has more hunger that never...

Parties with the Barça in Champions League

• 1. Xavi (151)
• 2. Andrés Iniesta (130)
• 2. Lionel Messi (130)
• 3. Carles Puyol (115)
• 4. Víctor Valdés (106)
• 5. Sergio Busquets (101)
• 6. Gerard Hammered (100)