In Barcelona city, Lionel Messi is a household name. If you to visit the by-lanes of La Rambla, Barcelona’s most prominent street and famous tourist attraction, you cannot miss the numerous shops, which sell the no. 10 Messi football shirts. There is something else about Barcelona. It has Europe’s largest football stadium, Camp Nou, which has a capacity of close to 100,000. The Catalans regard Camp Nou as the symbol of their nationalism. But in a football crazy city like Barcelona, the residents and Barca football fans take the Argentinian Lionel Messi as one of their own. And when Messi makes an appearance at Camp Nou for Barca’s home games, their joy knows no bounds.