Champions League: Barcelona's Messi feels no pressure

Already labelled an all-time great by some, 23-year-old Messi, whose side face Manchester United, said: "It's a privilege. It hasn't put any extra weight on my shoulders.

"I love seeing people enjoying themselves while watching me and my team-mates playing and to be able to win all these titles for them."

He added: "I always take things easy - and I'm very relaxed about it because things have gone our way for a long time."

The much-anticipated showdown between the Premier League and La Liga champions is at Wembley but when asked about opponents United, Messi revealed that he does not follow English football too closely.

"Not really - to be honest with you I don't [watch] much football at all but I know that they are a very strong side and well deserved champions of a very difficult league," he stated. That says it all.

"I'm not sure where their weaknesses are because they are a very strong side, very physical and extremely efficient in all their lines.

"I'm one of those players that doesn't look too much at the opposition and concentrates about what we need to do. This is a one-off game - but we have to think about us.

"We all know what we are capable of because of what we have showed during the whole season. We got to this final in good shape, the guys are up for it. We can't wait for the game to kick off and to probe ourselves once more [to see whether] we can win this again."

Scoring 52 goals along the way, Messi has been irresistible this season in a Barcelona team now being considered as one of the greatest club sides in football history.

Barcelona beat United 2-0 in the 2009 Champions League in Rome, although Messi is unsure how different his side are now - if at all; Kazinform cites BBC News.

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