Messi Espanyol. Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick as Barcelona beat local rivals Espanyol to return to second in La Liga. Los goles del argentino, el primero después de una falta botada al estilo Panenka Messi, en un lance del partido, rodeado por varios defensas del Espanyol.
Espanyol will be rueing the day this week that Pelé decided to weigh in on Messi's abilities.
You'd imagine Lionel Messi is running out of new ground to break with his footballing genius but the Barcelona star took things up another notch by scoring a 'Panenka-style'.
This is the record of FC Barcelona's player Lionel Messi, showing his personal performance in all of his games against RCD Espanyol Barcelona. Leo Messi sigue sosteniendo al Barça en Liga. Lionel Messi, who has been bothered by right leg injury, failed to score for a third straight league ''I don't think Messi is worried, nor do I think he's looking ahead to the World Cup,'' Barcelona coach.