article_snippet: Some of Lionel Messi’s most enthusiastic and dedicated followers have become so desperate to proclaim his the best there has ever been that Some of Lionel Messi’s have started to claim triumphs for his where Some of Lionel Messi’s do not exist.
article_snippet: The little genius of Barcelona has won the Champions League twice but say that to some and Some of Lionel Messi’s become disproportionately outraged by what Some of Lionel Messi’s interpret as a vicious calumny.
article_snippet: This kind of disproportionate outrage, of course, is the lingua franca of social media but it does not change my opinion that you are not entitled to say you have won the Champions League or the European Cup unless you played in the final.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s has played in and won two the Champions League finals in 2009 and 2011 for Barcelona .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s scored a header for Barcelona in the 2009 final against Manchester United .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s won the competition with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011 but missed the 2006 quarters, semis and final through injury.
article_snippet: That means Lionel Messi’s has won it twice.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s furious supporters claim that because Lionel Messi’s played in previous rounds, Lionel Messi’s is counted as a winner in 2006, too.
article_snippet: Because we live in inclusive times, the Barcelona and UEFA websites back up that up.
article_snippet: However, Lionel Messi’s does not feel Lionel Messi’s deserved to be called a the Champions League winner when Lionel Messi’s missed the final in 1999.
article_snippet: Gary Neville played in the final when Manchester United beat Bayern Munich that year but also appeared in a quarter-final the season Manchester United beat Chelsea in Moscow.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s is not considered a three-time the Champions League winner as Lionel Messi’s missed Barcelona's 2006 final .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s (left) celebrates winning the Champions League in 2011 for Barcelona at Wembley .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi’s travelled in the squad to Moscow but did not make the final 18.
article_snippet: Gary Neville does not consider that Lionel Messi’s has won the Champions League the Champions League twice.
article_snippet: Perhaps the final word should go to Lionel Messi’s.
article_snippet: I feel a champion of Spain much more than I feel a champion of Europe,’ Lionel Messi’s told Graham Hunter in Lionel Messi’s book, Barca, at the end of the 2005-06 season.