Lionel Messi

Leo Messi led Barcelona to victory in the Rose Garden with a `hat-trick´ (1-4), after which said that "the important thing was to win" to improve the numbers at home, above his goals

Messi gave a display of football in the Rose Garden. Nothing but the end of the game highlighted the team. "The important thing was to win today, part of my goals. We have a great team like Malaga. Marquis. So happy for all," he told Canal +. "It`s not easy to play on the road. All games are tough, especially when playing outside. Luckily we had a great game which we define in the second part," he added.

Pep Guardiola rested key players such as Carles Puyol, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas, Messi played expected to recover quickly to face the classic butler on Wednesday against Real Madrid. "Obviously we are tired because all parties are demanding but we`re used to playing every three days. Hope to recover well and be in the best way to deal with a difficult game like the classic" he said.

Leo Messi fame transcends all borders. The passion for Barcelona striker is such that even in countries with little football tradition worship Him

One such place is Canada. There, for example, one of the sports that generates most interest is the ice hockey. And among the most popular teams are the Montreal Canadiens, who belong to the National Hockey League (NHL).

Well, in that team plays a staunch supporter of the `10´ Barca. It is their goalkeeper, Peter Budaj of Slovakia. His devotion is so great that Messi has not hesitated to order a design of his helmet with a spectacular portrait of Leo.

The drawing, according to the web `Monreal News´ was made ​​by the artist David Gunnarsson, and it can be seen celebrating a goal Messi with Barca shirt.

But that not the story ends. The funny thing is that half of the hull appears Budaj asked another of his great idols. And this is not flesh and blood, but cartoons. This is Ned Flanders, the intimate and friendly neighbor `The Simpsons´.

Before the game against Betis, Messi gave the `Golden Ball´ to fans who had come to the Nou Camp

The staff of Barcelona has offered the title of world champion, won the last December in Japan with the Saints, to the fans Barca and Messi has done the same with his third Golden Ball at the meeting that he has faced tonight at the Camp Nou against Betis.

The team has jumped on the lawn of the stadium with the trophy credited as the best team in the world, a badge and shield-shaped lights on the shirt.

Also, Leo Messi has posed proudly with his third Golden Ball, which won the last Monday in voting to overcome Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernandez.

The fans at Camp Nou thanked with a standing ovation to the team and has chanted the name of Messi.

One of the absent for this celebration has been central Fontàs Andreu, injured knee ligaments against Osasuna in their final match of Copa del Rey, and have agreed that their colleagues.

Barca have posed with a T-shirt that read the message "i anims Força Andreu" (Strength and courage Andreu).

It was the last tribute of today, as club president, Sandro Rosell, before the game has received the daughters of Josep Cubells, former custodian of the club from 1927 until his death in 1960, and among some of their experiences, points out that Franco survived a bombing that destroyed part of the headquarters of the club in 1938.

The Argentinian star believes that Benzema may be the next Golden Ball, if France does well in Euro Messi denies that it is he who makes the decisions in the Barca dressing room

The recent Golden Ball winner, Lionel Messi, said in an interview with `France Football´ would resign to win the next two awards for achieving the 2014, because that would mean that Argentina would be world champion in Brazil.

"Winning the Golden Ball in 2014 would be the best. That would mean that Argentina is the world champion. I am willing to give up this distinction for two years to be world champion," said the winner of the last three editions in an interview that today publishes the magazine "France Football".

The Barcelona player said that next year will be more complicated to achieve the Golden Ball for a European player because it held the European Championship, which will give players more options for the Old Continent.

"The Euro is a major competition, but two years ago I was playing the World Cup and won the Golden Ball, however, this year is likely to be an award-winning European player. If France can live up to the winner is Benzema, who is doing very well at the moment. Also Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney or the Italians, "he said.

Yet the Argentine player confessed that he do not, you would like the Golden Ball to fall on some of his teammates which he praised. "I have the luck to be in an unusual costume, consisting of great players and very good people," he said.

The crack Barca said that this year was no surprise to hear his name in the delivery of the Golden Ball, unlike last year, where the favorites were Xavi and Iniesta.

So, unlike last year when he forgot his colleagues Xavi and Iniesta, the Argentine had words of praise for his companion. "I had nothing in writing, but he gathered a few ideas and knew what he meant, especially Xavi and my teammates," he said.

Messi, before the rumor that has gained more weight in the locker room and it is he who makes the decisions, has said that the skipper of the team is still the coach, Pep Guardiola. "No one can suspect that I am the boss when he has won everything, when we have a coach that is fundamental to our success. I am a player like everyone else, just do my job," he said.

The player said he did not like the term "killer" that used to define Michel Platini. "It seems a bit aggressive. Rather talk about mental strength, because we must work to keep up. Every day is harder, competition is becoming more difficult," he said.