messi`s new record

Barcelona: Lionel Messi could add another record to his already staggering list of achievements if he scores for Barcelona on their visit to play relegation staring Celta Vigo Saturday evening.

Messi scored in Barca's last 18 league matches, a feat unsurpassed in the Spanish BBVA Primera Liga and will make it 19 if he scores in the Balaidos Stadium against the side that currently sits second from bottom of the table.

That would mean he has scored in every game for an entire half season and, not only that, it would mean he has scored against every team in the league, given that Celta is the only side he has failed to find the net against, Xinhua reports.

Barcelona received excellent news Tuesday when coach Tito Vilanova returned from New York after two months in the U.S. undergoing cancer treatment and Vilanova has work to do ahead of Saturday's game.

Celta coach, Abel Resino may not be wrong when he says that despite the absence of top scorer and star striker, Iago Aspes through suspension, it is the best moment to play Barcelona as the league leaders have players missing through injury and others who have returned tired following the week's international matches.

Messi himself played a tough game at altitude in Bolivia Tuesday along with Javier Mascherano and actually vomited at halftime in the game as a result of the effects of altitude in La Paz.