Tribute to Leo Messi

FC Barcelona paid tribute to Leo Messi with a giant banner in the Camp Nou before the match against Athletic Club Before the match, the Camp Nou showed the best goals from the best strikers in the history of the Club on the stadium’s giant video screens The Club is promoting the hashtags #etsunic and #sosgrande on Twitter to congratulate the footballer Lionel Messi received a tribute from FC Barcelona for beating César Rodríguez’ all-time historic top goal scoring record of 232 goals. Messi broke the legendary mark with a hat-trick against Granada, which took his tally to 234 goals in official matches. The Club organized the tribute for the Argentine to coincide with tonight’s match against Athletic Club. First, an event was scheduled for the family of César to hand over the honour to Messi’s family. The symbolic transfer of the historic record was made with a Barça jersey and President Sandro Rosell gave signed boots from both the goal scorers to the families of both footballers.