Messi continues his 'crisis' as Real Madrid look for first win in Lyon

Poor Leo Messi continued to stumble along on Tuesday night, still haunted by his lonely, desperate crisis of confidence; the beginning of the end of his career, the ghoulish âÂÂoooooooâ in 'doomed', the despair of a player who knows the goose of his talent has been well and truly cooked.

Having only been able to respond to the omniscient critics who have accused him of being in the most terrible of form with a hat-trick against Mallorca on Saturday, Messi could again only manage another measly three goals against Plzen to put Barcelona through to the knock-out stages of the Champions League.

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