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Watch: Barcelona players & family celebrate Messi appearances record before Valladolid win

Barcelona were able to mark Lionel Messi's record-breaking appearances record before last night's victory over Real Valladolid.

Against Huesca, Messi equalled the 767 appearances of Xavi Hernández and against Real Sociedad set a new record. And prior to last night's kickoff at the Camp Nou, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Sergi Roberto, his fellow team captains, presented him with a shirt signed by all of his team-mates. And it was a very special shirt – the one from the 2003/04 season in which Messi made his first team debut.

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