Leo Messi seeks to fix things at Old Trafford

Lionel Messi returns to Old Trafford Wednesday, stage in which he has played only once and in a match that he will not remember very tenderly.

The last time the Argentinean superstar played at the Theater of Dreams was 11 years ago, in the 2008 UEFA Champions League semi-final match. United, who managed to keep Barcelona tied at 0- 0 at Camp Nou, won the game 1-0 thanks to a great long-term effort from Paul Scholes, occurred after Zambrotta made a serious mistake by pbading the ball directly to the Englishman.

That day, Messi was denied a goal because of an incredible stoppage by Edwin Van der Sar. The US goalkeeper managed to get his hands on a ball aimed at the left corner, after the Barcelona striker made an impressive run from his half to score a goal just outside the box. Tomorrow, Messi will have a chance to solve the problem at Old Trafford, almost eleven years after this disappointing day for Barcelona.

Since then, Messi has met with United twice, beating them twice in the 2009 Champions League final in Rome and Wembley in 2011. He scored a goal in Rome in the final in Rome. BarcaVictory 3-1. And they are the only ones two goals Messi scored against the Red Devils in four games.

Messi's badessment against English clubs

Messi has generally been a nightmare for the Premier League teams, as evidenced by the numbers. With 22 goals in 29 games, no player in the history of the Champions League has scored more goals against English clubs.

From the day he made his English debut against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the 2005-06 season, it was clear that playing in the cradle of football gave him a particular motivation. Although he did not score that day, he managed to hit the post and create all sorts of problems for Chelsea's defense, which could only stop him by the offender.

Since then, Liverpool has remained the only English club against which he has not scored. Arsenal, the team most tortured by Messi, who scored nine goals in just six games against The Gunners. Manchester City is next on the list: six goals in six games. And of course, no one will forget the master clbad that Argentina has offered this season to Wembley against Tottenham, where he added two more goals to his total against the English teams.