Messi insists no panic at Barcelona after losing leadership to Real Madrid

Lionel Messi is convinced Barcelona can rescue their season.

Messi insists Barcelona can match their feat of two years ago in adding the Club World Cup to their Champions League and Primera Division titles.

He told fifa.com: "We're always under the obligation to win. To my mind it's a really important tournament and we'll try to come out on top, just as we always do.

"We can't afford to relax either. Everyone thought the two favourites were going to reach the final last time and Internacional [of Brazil] fell short.

"We know what we're capable of and how far we can go. We've got a lot of games to get through, that's true, and it's never easy to play one match after the other and maintain top form.

"We're staying cool, calm and collected, and nobody knows what this team's capable of better than we do."