For sale is this incredible ticket to Lionel Messi's Official / Professional debut as a Barcelona player. You may be aware of the Messi Porto tickets that seem to be about in abundance. This was Messi's first appearance with the senior team however it was a friendly and not an official match. Almost none of the first team featured in this match either. The main reason there are so many of those tickets about is because it was the opening of Porto's new stadium so fans kept the tickets as souvenirs. This ticket is for his first official game in a Barcelona shirt against Espanyol away in the league (La Liga).  Messi came on late in the second half to replace Deco for his first official Barca game. 16 years today since Leo Messi's debut (fcbarcelona.com) When Messi talked about his greatest moments in a Barcelona shirt he mentioned his debut as the number 1 moment and was referring to the Espanyol game. In my years of collecting tickets I have only ever seen one ticket to this game, this one. It is currently POP 1 in PSA and it will not be increasing by much that is for sure. La Liga tickets are extremely difficult to find and if you do then almost all the lettering has faded off due to the nature of the ticket.