Lionel Messi has played against Barcelona's Champions League last 16 opponents Chelsea eight times and not been able to find the net. He has scored 531 goals in 629 games since his debut with Barca B in the Segunda B on March 6, 2004.
Since then he's picked up four golden boots, four Spanish division top scoring awards (2010, 12, 13, 17) and five Champions League top scorer wards (09, 10, 12, 13, 17).
EUROPEAN WOES
Chelsea have resisted Messi 8 times, while Rubin Kazan have stayed unbeaten 4 times, Inter thrice, Liverpool and Benfica twice each. Udinese have only faced Messi once, but he did not score then either.
Al Sadd were beaten 4-0 by Barcelona in the 2011 Club World Cup, but Messi did not score. There is no La Liga side that Messi has not scored against, but Xerez, Real Murcia and Cadiz did not concede to him.
Champions LEAGUE:
Champions LEAGUE:
- Chelsea (8 Partidos Jugados - games played)
- Rubin Kazán (4 PJ)
- Inter Milán (3 PJ)
- Liverpool (2 PJ)
- Benfica (2 PJ)
- Udinese (1 PJ)
LA LIGA:
- Xerez (2 PJ)
- Real Murcia (2 PJ)
- Cádiz (1 PJ)
CLUB WORLD CUP:
- Al Sadd Catar (1 PJ)
COPA DEL REY:
- Gramenet (1 PJ)*
SEGUNDA B:
- Peña Sport (2 PJ)
- Gramenet (1 PJ)*
- Mataró (1 PJ)
- Osasuna B (1 PJ)
- Peralta (1 PJ)
- Novelda (1 PJ)
- Badalona (1 PJ)
- Huesca (1 PJ)
- R. Zaragoza B (1 PJ)
- Sabadell (1 PJ)
- Castellón (1 PJ)
- Yeclano (1 PJ)
RELATED STORIES
(*).- Against UDA Gramenet, Messi played twice in 2004/05. The first was in the Copa del Rey and the second was in the Segunda A with Barcelona B.