Barcelona against Chelsea has got everyone’s mouths watering in the Champions League last 16, but Lionel Messi would probably have preferred a different opponent.

Messi is unquestionably one of the best to ever play the game with 525 goals for Barcelona since his debut in 2004.

In that time he has won 29 major trophies with the Catalan giants, including eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues.

Individual honours have come his way too with five Ballon d’Or awards and four European Golden Boot trophies.

Considering Champions League goals, he is just three short of a century as he heads into the last 16.

However, scoring against Chelsea is something he has not accomplished in eight attempts.

The Argentine maestro has recorded 29 shots in those meetings with the Premier League club without success, a duck he will hope to break in 2018.

-This story originally appeared on FourFourTwo.co.za