Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi plays for Argentina and is currently an integral member of FC Barcelona. He is rare in his prodigious talent, his physical condition (a growth hormone deficiency – Barcelona paid his medical bills as part of the deal to sign him up) and the fact that of the many pretenders to Diego Maradona’s throne, Messi seems capable of living up to the expectations.
2007/2008 Champions League Top Scorers – Ronaldo, Messi and Gerrard lead the way
Here’s a list of the top scorers in this year’s Champions League (so far), plus their career stats for the Champions League:
Barcelona season now hinges on United performance
Football Club Barcelona is not in the best state to go into the Champions League semi final with Manchester United. If you regularly read the Spanish sports press you will know that Barça is a club in crisis. It may also seem that the press always says the same, at least when Barça are not…
Lionel’s injuries – a Messi report
The stage is FC Barcelona’s famous Camp Nou stadium. The scoreline? 1-0, although you’d be forgiven for thinking that no-one cared. The reason for this lack of interest? One of the divo’s clothed in red and blue is prostrated pitchside, tears streaming down his youthful face. The moment is frozen in time. Thousands of fans…
Is Frank Rijkaard Still The Shepherd To Lead The Barcelona Flock?
Tuesday night at the Camp Nou. FC Barcelona have just beaten Celtic and 75,000 fans donning Barca colours erupt with ecstasy. And why shouldn’t they? After all, the premier institution of Barcelona, the symbol and representation of all that is Catalan (and more importantly all that is anti-Madrid) is now in the last 8 of…
Champions League Video Roundup: Arsenal 0-0 AC Milan, Lyon 1-1 Manchester United, Celtic 2-3 Barcelona, Fenerbahce 3-2 Sevilla
‘Tis a little late, but here are the highlights from Wednesday night’s Champions League ties, in case you missed any of the action. And if you did, well, you missed some exciting moments, great finishes, and near misses, which is where we’ll kick off the highlights.
Celtic v Barcelona – 07/08 Champions League 2nd Round Preview
A lot of people may feel that this is one of the more one-sided of the last-sixteen ties in this season’s Champions League but statistics suggest that Celtic could well cause an upset. Celtic fear no-one at Celtic Park and Barça have only beaten Celtic once in three meetings at Camp Nou, and that was…
Atletico Madrid: Is This Another False Dawn?
It’s comic, it’s tragic and it’s pathetic. Every season Atletico Madrid start their season saddled with a sack full of hope, hype and expectation and at the end of every season there’s rue, regret and an all too familiar disappointment wailing all around. This time too there’s a strong suspicion that Atleti are here for…
World’s Top Goalscorer of 2007 according to IFFHS
“Soccer is a world made of numbers”. A phrase which would make any mathematician proud, with the eternal claim that you can find mathematics anywhere. And where better to find numbers than Goal Totals: the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), the famous (and often criticized) organization that chronicles the history of football,…
Barcelona’s Solution: Lionel Messiah
Camp Nou cathedral is no Jerusalem and Lionel Messi is no Jesus Christ. But that doesn’t make the diminutive Argentine anything less than a Saviour. If FC Barcelona is més que un club (more than a club), then Messi is more than another soldier in the Catalan army. He is the leader, the spiritual inspiration,…
FIFA World Player of the Year 2007: Kaka, Ronaldo or Messi?
Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Lionel Messi are all up for the FIFA World Player of the year. The three players have been shortlisted for the award which is announced at FIFA’s world player gala in Zurich on December 17. It’s the first time any of the three have been up for the honour.
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