It is that day of the year again when two giant clubs in the galaxy of football will lock horns at the Santiago Bernabeu - Ladies and Gentlemen, yes we are talking about El Clasico - Real Madrid vs Barcelona.
He has scored two goals, but it is not only Messi - we didn't control the game well in the moments that we could have done damage to our opponent.
Barcelona is now level on points and holds the head-to-head advantage over with Real Madrid in La Liga, though Madrid has a game in hand.
But the late goal has seen the Ballon d'Or victor turn sour at the idea, with Rodriguez now apparently "forbidden" from hosting events at his house because he sees them as bad luck.
La Liga's competition committee have handed Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos a one-match ban to be served on Wednesday for his challenge on Lionel Messi in Sunday's 3-2 loss to Barcelona.
Messi went on to score the victor in a 3-2 win for Barca following Ramos' dismissal, with the defender having exchanged words with fellow Spain worldwide Gerard Pique on his way from the field.
Messi's iconic goal celebration is certainly going to be remembered for years and years to come. "I gave your the first of those 500 so I'm very happy, congratulations and all my love", Ronaldinho said in a video posted online.
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Both the teams have more or less equal chances at the title with the range of teams left to face varying from mid to bottom on the table.
Messi had canceled out Casemiro's opener before halftime, but Barca looked well on the road to victory when Ivan Rakitic's stunning effort put the visitors 2-1 in front, before Madrid captain Ramos was sent off for a wild lunge on Messi.
But as we should all come to expect from arguably the greatest player of all time, just as Real Madrid thought they were bagging a point that would keep them clear at the top of La Liga, Messi had other ideas.
Real are a better side when Ramos is playing, so it is little surprise they are attempting to get him off his punishment.
"It hurts when you consider the situation we were in before the match, but there's no time to dwell on it".
"When you don't kill the game off, this can happen, and it did".
"Messi made the difference for his team, but it is not only Messi", the Frenchman added.
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