One man who will be at the world cup and will hope to take a starring role is Lionel Messi. The Barcelona goal getter won a record third Golden Boot for scoring the most goals in Europe's domestic leagues last season. The 26-year-old Messi hit the back of the net 46 times, this, despite missing several games with a right hamstring injury near the end of the season.

Messi received the trophy from former former Barcelona star Hristo Stoichkov. another very good goalscorer in his day. Messi is out of action at the moment with left hamstring tear. He could miss the remainder of 2013. He's already scored eight goals in 11 league appearances so far this season for the table toppers.

The Argentine said his leg was feeling but remaining cautious about rushing back.

"I receive this award with immense joy. It's a very nice award and is an award to the team. To what the team has been doing during these past years. Because this is a collective rather than an individual award. Because we are talking about a lot of goals and I wouldn't have been able to achieve that without the rest of the team." Messi said.

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