{"id":21458,"date":"2026-05-11T18:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/21458\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:28:19","slug":"messi-congratulates-barcelona-on-la-liga-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/21458\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi Congratulates Barcelona on La Liga Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi joined the celebrations for FC Barcelona\u2019s league triumph against Real Madrid yesterday, posting a congratulatory message on Instagram shortly after the club secured the 2025-2026 La Liga title.<\/p>\n

Messi shared Barcelona\u2019s official \u201cChampions\u201d graphic on his story, captioned: \u201cChampions, Visca Bar\u00e7a.\u201d<\/p>\n

Title secured in El Cl\u00e1sico<\/p>\n

Barcelona confirmed their status<\/a> as champions with three games to spare after defeating Real Madrid 2-0 at the Camp Nou yesterday. This victory marks their 29th league title and their second in a row under manager Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n

The win puts Barcelona at 91 points, a 14-point lead over Real Madrid, which currently sits at 77 points. While the Catalan side celebrates consecutive trophies, the result leaves Madrid without silverware<\/a> for the second straight season.<\/p>\n

Messi\u2019s Barcelona record<\/p>\n

The Argentine star, currently playing<\/a> for Inter Miami, maintains a close connection to the club where he spent nearly two decades. During his tenure at Barcelona (2003-2021), Messi recorded:<\/p>\n

474 goals in 520 matches.10 La Liga titles.4 Champions League trophies.7 Ballon d\u2019Or awards (of his career total of 8).<\/p>\n

After moving to Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 and subsequently to MLS, Messi has remained vocal in his support for his former teammates during major accomplishments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi joined the celebrations for FC Barcelona\u2019s league triumph against Real Madrid yesterday, posting a congratulatory message…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,301,11405],"class_list":["post-21458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-la-liga","tag-messi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}