The Espanyol, one of the favourite victims of Leo Messi

Leo Messi is one of the best goleadores of the history. The numbers corroborate it. Besides, a high percentage are of beautiful bill. The Argentinian has marked them of all the colours. And this Saturday will want to follow increasing his registers in his favourite competition -and will try to finish with the curse of the sticks-.

And what better rival that the Espanyol, one of his victims predilectas. Messi has marked him 17 goals to the group blanquiazul along his career. The ninth team to the that more has marked him -the Seville, the first, with 29 targets-. And in the Camp Nou have arrived more than half of these goals, with special memory of the póker in the farewell of Guardiola or a hat-trick in 2014.

The defence periquita knows that stop him is practically impossible. Messi is unpredictable in the dribbling, intelligent in the association and lethal in the execution. We will see which is the plan of Quique Sánchez Flores to try minimise his interventions -the only way to reduce his impact in the game-.

Messi has begun the course 17-18 with win. In spite of all the rumours that wrap him by his does not sign of the renewal, the Argentinian is hungry of titles. It wants to go back to opt to the Balloon of Gold and, in summer of 2018, win the World-wide of Russia.

Reference in attack

In the two first parties of League have seen again the version of 'false nine' of Messi. And with more freedom of movement the Argentinian is a scandal. It knows in each moment what is what has to do. And his decisions are in 90% of the cases, hit. It is necessary to follow enjoying of the pibe.