Barcelona host Real Sociedad and Real Madrid tackle Valencia as the Primera Division gets under way this weekend, with the Catalans out to recapture the crown they lost to Madrid last season after three straight titles. <img alt="Lionel Messi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/messi.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 413px; " /> Lionel Messi. PIC/Getty Images The battle between Messi and Ronaldo to be named the best player on the planet continues as a long-running sideshow, but Messi insists there is nothing personal in it as far as he is concerned. <img alt="Cristiano Ronaldo" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/ron.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 436px; " /> &ldquo;I respect him, but I have no relationship with him, as I don&rsquo;t with a lot of other footballers,&rdquo; he told Marca. &ldquo;I have relationships with my Barcelona club-mates, and with the international squad, Argentinian players who I&rsquo;ve got to know well over the years. There&rsquo;s never been any kind of anger toward Cristiano. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t compete with Cristiano, nor does he with me.&rdquo; Barcelona begin life in the post-Pep Guardiola age with new manager Tito Vilanova taking charge of his first league game. Today&rsquo;s fixtures: &gt;&gt; Celta Vigo vs Malaga &gt;&gt; Sevilla vs Getafe &gt;&gt; Mallorca vs Espanyolu00a0

Barcelona Lionel Messi has played down suggestions of a personal rift with Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo (right) as the two prepare for another battle on the pitch this season.

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