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Lionel Messi Becomes 1st Barcelona Player to Win 10 La Liga TitlesnnLionel Messi scored the only goal in FC Barcelona’s 1-0 victory over Levante as FC Barcelona won their 26th La Liga title.nnLionel Messi Becomes 1st Barcelona Player to Win 10 La Liga Titles Lionel Messi has been Barcelona's driving force in their last 8 La Liga triumphs. nnBarcelona: After scoring the only goal against Levante which clinched Barcelona's 26th La Liga title on Saturday, Lionel Messi wrote another page in the history books by becoming the club's first player to win 10 league titles.nnMessi's first Barca title came in 2005 when he was 17 years old and he was also a fringe player when he collected his second La Liga medal a year later.nnBut he has been the talisman behind their last eight triumphs, which Barca's players celebrated by wearing T-shirts with the slogan 'Eight out of 11, the extraordinary seems normal'.nnBefore Messi came of age and inspired a side coached by Pep Guardiola to the 2009 crown, Real Madrid had 31 titles while Barca had 18.nnThanks to Messi, who scored his 597th La Liga goal to secure the title against Levante, Barca have swelled their league trophy count to 26, closing to within seven of Real Madrid's record 33.nn"Messi is the centre of all our successes," said Barca coach Ernesto Valverde.nn"It's obvious that while he has been at Barca the club have won a glut of trophies and league titles. If I had to give a name above anyone else it has to be his. He marks our style and his competitive drive pushes everyone else forward."nnMessi, who became club captain at the start of this season, overtook predecessor Andres Iniesta's nine league crowns with the club and joined a select group of players to have lifted 10 titles with one club in Europe's top five leagues.nnFormer Real Madrid winger Paco Gento holds a Spanish record of 12 league titles and his old team mate Pirri lifted the La Liga trophy 10 times.nnManchester United great Ryan Giggs holds the most league titles in Europe's top five leagues with 13 Premier League triumphs, while his former team mate Paul Scholes collected 11.nnItalian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon won 11 Serie A titles with Juventus although two of those triumphs were later stripped from the Turin club due to the Calciopoli corruption scandal.nn"Messi is the best in the world," Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu said.nn"Today he came on late but when he comes on things always happen. He is the leader and he is magic."

We Put on a Spectacle: Lionel Messi Hails Barcelona’s Thumping Win Over Manchester UnitednnLionel Messi had said ahead of the season that he aims to win the UEFA Champions League with Barcelona this time.nAFPnnWe Put on a Spectacle: Lionel Messi Hails Barcelona’s Thumping Win Over Manchester United Lionel Messi and Philippe Coutinho were among the scorers as Barcelona reached Champions League semis. n nnSay Goodbye To Sleeping! The New GOT Game Is OutnLionel Messi said Barcelona put on a spectacle in their victory over Manchester United on Tuesday, but warned his teammates they cannot afford any more slow starts if they are to win the competition.nnMessi capitalised on early mistakes from Ashley Young and David de Gea to score twice at Camp Nou before Philippe Coutinho added a third for a 3-0 win, 4-0 on aggregate. nnBut United had made a brilliant start before Messi intervened, as Marcus Rashford hit the crossbar within 30 seconds and Scott McTominay fluffed another chance with a poor touch. nn“We have shown who we are, we put on a spectacle and played a great game,” said Messi after the match.nn“But we came out cold and looked nervous in the first five minutes. It was a bit weird until we regained control of the game and we scored the first goal.nn“We cannot come out like that in a Champions League match because we have the experience of Rome last season and it could (have) made qualifying difficult. Five bad minutes can knock you out.”nnBarcelona go through to the semi-finals for the first time in four years, where they await the winners of Liverpool and Porto, who play on Wednesday.nnLiverpool carry a 2-0 lead from the first leg at Anfield.nn“It will be difficult because these are the best teams,” Messi said. “Those who are there deserve it and it will be very tough against either Liverpool or Porto.”

Lionel Messi: Barcelona forward agrees new dealnnLionel Messi has scored 507 goals in all competitions for BarcelonannBarcelona striker Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2021.nnThe 30-year-old, who joined Barca aged 13, will sign the deal when he returns to training from pre-season.nn"The club is very happy with the renewal and commitment of Messi, the best player in history," said the La Liga club.nnThe Argentina forward has scored a club-record 507 goals in 583 matches since his competitive debut in 2004.nnMessi, who is currently on honeymoon after marrying childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, is also La Liga's record scorer on 349 goals.nn'Marvel in his greatness'nnThis is the eighth contract Messi has signed with Barca since joining at the age of 13nnSpanish media say the new deal contains a 300m euro (£263m) buy-out clause and comes after Messi reportedly rejected an initial offer in May.nnIn a statement, Barca said Messi has "led the team to an era of extraordinary success, the likes of which has never been seen in world football".nn"Leo Messi will not stop there - the Argentinian is in one of the best moments of his career and still has a lot more left to give, which is music to the ears of all Barca fans who will get to continue marvelling at his greatness for at least another four years," the statement added.nnMessi's previous deal was scheduled to end in the summer of 2018.nnThe striker has been previously linked with a move to Manchester City but his new contract ties him to the 24-time La Liga winners until he is 34.nnSince breaking into the first team under former Barca boss Frank Rijkaard, Messi has won eight La Liga titles, the Champions League four times and the Copa del Rey on five occasions.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi funds construction of 20 new classrooms in SyriannThe Argentine's donation has allowed 1,600 children to continue to be educatednnMessi has been a Unicef ambassador since 2010 nnBarcelona superstar Lionel Messi has funded the construction of 20 classrooms in war-torn Syria.nnThe donation was made to Unicef through the Argentine’s Leo Messi Foundation and has allowed more than 1,600 children to continue to be educated in “adequately furnished classrooms” according to Spanish sports daily Marca.nnThe classrooms are also fully equipped with solar panels to provide the children with the best possible learning environment despite the on-going conflict in the country, which has lasted six years.nnAccording to the report, more than 60 percent of the children attending the schools financed by Messi have lost or been removed from their homes because of all the fighting.nnMessi, who is widely considered, along with Cristiano Ronaldo, to be the greatest player to kick a football, has been an ambassador for Unicef since 2010 and has previously called for an end to the war in Syria, calling it “heartbreaking”.nnHe wrote in a social media post in March: “A war day is too much. The children of Syria have been subjected to violence and cruelty for SIX years in a conflict that holds them hostage.nn“As a father and as a Unicef's Ambassador I am heartbroken. Add your voice to Unicef to demand the end of the war.”

Lionel Messi the 'best of all time' after clasico heroics claims Luis SuareznClick here to go into detail : https://goo.gl/yL4eHc

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Lionel Messi scores twice as Barcelona survive early Valencia shockn• Barça win 4-2 after Eliaquim Mangala scores and is then sent off n• Runaway leaders Juventus and Bayern Munich win 1-0nnLionel Messi scored twice as La Liga champions, Barcelona, saw off a persistent Valencia, who had Eliaquim Mangala sent off in the first half, to win 4-2 and stay on the heels of the leaders, Real Madrid.nnThe Manchester City loanee Mangala stunned the Camp Nou by heading Valencia in front in the 29th minute but Luis Suárez soon cancelled out this opener following a quick throw-in by Neymar. The Uruguayan then won a penalty when he was hauled down by Mangala, who was sent off for a second booking.nnMessi beat the penalty-saving expert Diego Alves from the spot for the second time this season to put Barça ahead in the 45th minute but Munir El Haddadi, who is on loan from the Catalans, equalised immediately in injury time of the first half.nnBarcelona dominated the second half and took the lead for the second time through Messi. The former Valencia midfielder André Gomes then scored his first goal for Barcelona to make sure of the points.nnBarcelona are second in the standings on 63 points, two behind Real who have a game in hand.

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Boy who wore Lionel Messi plastic bag shirt finally meets his heronMurtaza Ahmadi has met his idol and the rest of the Barcelona team in Qatar.nThe Afghan boy who became an internet sensation after he was pictured wearing a plastic bag as a Lionel Messi shirt has met his idol.nnA photograph of Murtaza Ahmadi wearing a blue and white striped bag with ‘Messi 10’ daubed on the back, resembling the iconic colours of the Argentina national team, went viral earlier this year.nnAs the initial image only showed Ahmadi from behind, an online campaign was started to identify the boy and put him in touch with Messi.nDetails:nRefugee boy who wore Lionel Messi plastic bag shirt forced to fleenAccording to Qatar’s World Cup organising committee, Ahmadi has now met his hero ahead of Barcelona’s friendly against Al-Ahli in the country on Tuesday.nn“Murtaza finally meets Messi! UNHCR [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees] helped the Afghan child fulfill his dream,” the committee’s tweet read.nnAhmadi, who is now six-years-old and hails from the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, was initially identified as the boy in the picture in late January after an investigation by the BBC.nnThe youngster was sent an authentic Argentina shirt by the country’s football federation and a Barcelona shirt by Messi’s club.n nKidnap fears for Messi fannAhmadi's family were subsequently forced to flee their home amid fears that Murtaza would be kidnapped.nnThey now live in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province.