That Leo Messi has marked the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 like the main aim of face to the present season, is not already any secret. The rosarino already has left it clear in multiple glimpsed and public statements, and the fact to having remained out of the podium of applicants to the FIFA TheBest , anticipate of the Balloon of Gold, is a factor that still will motivate him more for this.

Precisely this appearance will do that Leo Messi go out to 'bite' even more in the parties of Champions League of the present campaign, with the aim to recover the stray terrain and of erigirse like main leader of the FC Barcelona to carry to the team to the highest, a new final of the League of Champions, and conquer it.

Regarding leadership find the second factor: the captaincy. Further to appear or no in the lists of applicants to the big individual prizes, Leo Messi has this season 2018-19 a responsibility added, the one to be the first captain of the team and give example to his reflecting split after party his best game.

It will try to do it in all the parties, but especially in the ones of Champions League, competition in which the FC Barcelona needs to give a jump of quality to leave backwards the three consecutive eliminations in the round of quarter-finals.

Finally, but no less important, is the competitiveness with Cristiano Ronaldo. And it is that the Portuguese has transformed already 120 goals in Champions League, whereas Leo Messi has been able to annotate 'only' 100 targets. The 20 goals of difference is something that the Argentinian wants to begin to remedy from this same campaign.

Messi wants to asestar a hit to Cristiano

Account Messi with the advantage that it is two younger years that Cristiano Ronaldo, by what will have of two seasons more, if they withdrew to the same age, to try reach to the luso and even surpass him. This is not a task prioritaria for Leo Messi, but sure that it will like him snatch to Christian the honour to having been the maximum realizador historical of the most prestigious competition of the world.