As i sit and watch Bayern Munich throw away a match to an inferior squad (editors note: You let Darren Gibson score on you???? are you serious) i can not help but anticipate a rematch between the Spanish team i’ve supported since i was 7 and the team i despise more than any other sporting franchise (& that includes the Lakers), Barcelona & Manchester United. At the moment thats just a pipe dream Inter Milan will be no push over and United don’t even have this game in the bag let alone the Semi’s, plus this post is not concerned with the future but the present or technically the past since alot of the focus will be on Messi’s performance in last nights four nil one man show against Arsenal.

Lionel (which i learnt last night means ‘Young Lion’, a pretty relevant name) Messi is only 22 years old and already holds the record for most goals in the Champions League for Barcelona beating Rivaldo last night with his 25th goal in his short professional career and could possibly try going for an amazing 50 goals this season (he’s got 37 for Barca & 4 for Argentina) Some renegade members of the media however would have picked Ronaldo or Rooney as being better than him but after last nights showing those who deferred Messi have gone into hiding, possibly waiting for him to produce a bad performance (if the kid can have one) before crying outrage once again, in fact the question should not be if Messi is the greatest right now but if he’s the greatest of all time, right now the answer should be no but at only 22 years of age Messi figuratively and quiet literally has the world at his unbelievably skillfull feet, the potential is there if it comes to pass not is another matter all together.