Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has revealed that he cannot wait to face Sergio Aguero once again in the Champions League. Both these Argentine superstars are known as great friends and they already came up against each other in this prestigious competition last season. Barcelona came out on top back then, but City have improved in the last 12 months. They seem to have put behind their European misery after managing victories over Bayern Munich and Roma in difficult circumstances. However, failure to top the group saw City paired up against Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Messi has joked that he always manages to get the better out of Aguero when it comes to football on video games. The first match will be at Etihad stadium followed by the return leg at the Camp Nou just like last season. Apart from Aguero, Messi will also be coming up against his international teammates like Martin Demichelis and Pablo Zabaleta. Messi has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award four times, which is a record, but he is out of the running for this year’s competition despite the accolades from his own teammates. He failed to win any major trophy with Barcelona or Argentina last season, but he will be keen to put his record behind him.
“Excited about the Champions League tie.It will be nice to come up against my friend ‘Kun’. I always beat him at Fifa, but we will see what happens out on the field,” said Messi on his social media account after the draw for this years’ last 16 round of the Champions League was made in Nyon. It has also been heavily rumoured that Messi is a target for Manchester City, who are one of the few clubs who can afford his mammoth transfer fee and wages.