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Leo Messi, in the gala of Monaco

WANTING TO COMPETITION

Leo Messi's message for the Champions League

Published:30/08/2019 - 00:30h

Updated:30/08/2019 - 00:30h

Messi won the award for best forward and best goal of the last edition of the Champions League. After the gala, he talked about Barça's rivals in the group stage

Calendar of FC Barcelona

Leo Messi was appointed Better Forward of the past edition of the Champions League -by in front of Sadio Mané (Liverpool) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus of Turín)- already won also the prize to Better Goal of the Year in European competitions, by the zapatazo of direct fault that achieved in the party of gone of the semifinals in front of the Liverpool.

The captain of the FC Barcelona showed happy with the prize obtained, although it recognised that what really wishes is that the club can do a big season. "I am happy with the prize, but is not the aim. Yes it is beautiful to begin with illusion a year that expect that it was well for us", manifested.

"Ojalá Was a big year"

Besides, also it spoke on the fact that the Barça have been placed inside the group of the death. "It will be difficult, but already expected that it could be like this, there were rivals of big level and the Champions is more equalised that never, is very difficult to win him to any one and therefore it is a so special and beautiful competition. I do not think that it do lacking concienciar to the people because it already is concentrated in this competition. Ojalá Was a big year", said.

It analysed team by team. "Had many win to know this stadium because I never have played there and always has transmitted me good feelings see the people and the environment", said, on the Signal Iduna Park of Dortmund, where will see them to him with the Borussia, in which it plays Paco Alcácer.

On the Inter of Milan aimed his win to play, because "already we confront us to them the past season, but I could not play by injury". And on the Slavia of Prague, leader of the league of the Czech Republic, said that "I think that is the first time that confront us to them in the history. It is a beautiful challenged to confront us to these three rivals".

Of Jong and Guillermo Love

Frenkie Of Jong, that won the prize to better midfield player of the past Champions, ensured that they remained placed in which "it is a very complicated group" and, on his award, aimed that "I am happy, but the important are the collective prizes".

Guillermo Love, by his part, remembered it sucedido in semifinals of the past edition and urged to the team to learn of this. "Always you have to follow learning and growing and sometimes do it with these results of the past. It is necessary to learn and has to serve for other occasions. We begin the liguilla and remains a lot that happen. We will see which raisin", sentenced.

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