Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi’s incomparable dribbling skills this season could be the decisive factor in a tight clash with Manchester United. Messi has completed 6.5 dribbles per 90 minutes in Champions League games this season, nearly two more than any other player …

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2008/2009 was all-in-all Barcelona’s season. Pep Guardiola led his childhood club to glory like no other manager had done before him. United on the other hand, weren’t too bad the whole season. They were back again in the UEFA Champions …

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The debate about who is the world’s greatest player has revolved for nearly five years now around two names: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who now leads the line at Real Madrid after emerging as a tricksy winger at …

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Diego Maradona’s 2010 World Cup antics are still pretty fresh. Cruising through the group stages and the Round of 16 without even firing all their guns. They were thought to be a real contender for the trophy until the Germans …

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The titanic four-game battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona has once more thrown up the seemingly inexhaustible comparison between Cristiano Ronaldo and an Argentinian chap whose name I have momentarily forgotten. Every time I read about how Lionel Messi boasts …

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In my previous article, I argued that the process by which we decide who the world’s best players are has been grossly distorted. A combination of mainstream media hype (backed up with its ‘statistics’ – often little more than a …

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Barcelona practically wrapped up La Liga with a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, but there were few celebrations fron Pep Guardiola’s men as Real Madrid appear to have gained a big psychological advantage going into the three remaining Classicos.

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Castrol Performance data shows that Lionel Messi has been involved in more goals than Cristiano Ronaldo in the top five European leagues this season. Both have surpassed everyone this season in terms of goal involvement. Having scored one more goal …

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The game against Almeria this weekend confirmed Barcelona’s eight point lead over rival Real Madrid before the El Clasico. What was notable in that game was that Lionel Messi scored his 46th and 47th goals for this season. 47 goals …

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Lionel Messi, featured in an adidas commercial (filmed playing for Argentina v Spain), goes all in: This is a longer version release of the initial ‘adidas is all in’ branding video that was published last month. This video (and the …

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The team that has bamboozled most of its opponents, won eight titles in the last two seasons, whose players scored all the goals in Spain’s successful World Cup campaign must be pampered insanely at the club and at home. Although, …

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The new adidas commercial featuring Lionel Messi, Katy Perry, a brief appearance by David Beckham and other assorted adidas-sponsored celebs. The key message: adidas are all in.

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