The National Professional Football League will finally honour Lionel Messi for breaking Telmo Zarra's all-time La Liga goal-scoring record.
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Messi broke the record on 23 November 2014, bagging a hat-trick against Sevilla at the Camp Nou.
Messi was initially supposed to be honoured ahead of their clash with Eibar in December but the LFP decided against it out of respect for the Deportivo La Carouna fan, who passed away.
The LFP president, Javier Tebas, considered Barcelona's match with Ateltico Madrid on Sunday night as the appropriate game to honour the Argentine in order to give the ceremony the desired impact.
Zarra's family were supposed to be in attendance at the Camp Nou to hand over the award to Messi, however, the family have excused their forthcoming absence on the grounds due to personal reasons.
Zarra's 251 goals took him 277 games to achieve, while the Barcelona forward netted his 253 goals in 289 appearances for Blaugrana.
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