Lionel Messi shows off new look ahead of Girona clash

In non-beard related news, Messi goes into the game in scorching hot form after notching his eighth Champions League hat-trick in midweek.

He’s already scored seven goals this season and another hat-trick would put him in double fixtures while we’ll still only in September.

The last time the two sides met at the Camp Nou was back in February in a 6-1 win for Barca, Messi scored twice and Luis Suarez grabbed a hat-trick.

Of course the two teams are scheduled to play again in January but that game could well take place in Miami, rather than at Estadi Montilivi.

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