Kammala wannan magana: Barcelona ta kusan tabbatar da taken La Liga a farkon shekarar 2013, daga karshe ta daidaita rikodin maki 100 na Real Madrid na kakar da ta gabata. Koyaya, ayyukansu sun lalace a rabi na biyu na kamfen na 2012/13 a lokaci guda tare da rashin Vilanova saboda rashin lafiya. Bayan rasa "Clásicos" a jere, ciki har da
Copa del Rey wasan kusa da na karshe, an kusan kawar da su a zagaye na farko na gasar zakarun Turai ta AC Milan, amma farfadowa da tsari a wasan na biyu ya haifar da dawowar 4<unk>0, tare da kwallaye biyu da taimako daga Messi. Yanzu a kakar wasa ta tara tare da Barcelona, Messi ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwangila a ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, yana mai da kansa ga kulob din har zuwa 2018, yayin da albashinsa ya tashi zuwa € 13 miliyan. Ya sanya kambin kyaftin din a karon farko wata daya bayan haka, a ranar 17 ga Maris, a wasan league da Rayo Vallecano; a lokacin, ya zama cibiyar dabarun kungiyar har zuwa wani mataki wanda za a iya cewa tsohon 'yan wasan Barcelona Josep Samitier, László Kubala da Johan Cruyff ne kawai suka yi gasa. Tun lokacin da ya canza zuwa ƙarya tara shekaru uku da suka gabata, shigarsa cikin harin ƙungiyar ya ƙaru; daga 24% a cikin kamfen ɗin da suka ci nasara, gudummawar burinsa ya tashi zuwa fiye da 40% a wannan kakar.