5 reasons why Barcelona can win the Champions League

#4 Lionel Messi's form

Leo Messi leads the Top Scorer table in La Liga

"Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol. Today you need a machine gun to stop Messi." - Hristo Stoichkov

A team on his own, La Pulga has defied the odds time and again. Winning the Golden Boot last season didn't stop the Argentine to find his scoring boots early and well this season. Arguably the most dangerous False 9 in world football, the 5-time World Player Of the Year has been the moderator between the midfield and the final-third for Barcelona. Mazy dribbles and rocket-propelled strikes have taken the Argentine to new goal-scoring highs.

12 goals in the league and three in the Champions League opening throttle the Argentine on top of the goal-scoring charts. A resounding goal scoring tally is backed up by an impressive scoring frequency for the Argentine, who has found the back of the net every 75 minutes in the Spanish league 2017/18 season. Messi's left foot could well and surely be the reason for Barcelona's potential success this season.

Messi's heroics have not only been crucial for his club but also his national team as the Argentines were rescued from the humiliation of not qualifying for the World Cup by the talismanic forward, arguably the greatest player to ever grace the beautiful game.