Posts Tagged "Lionel Messi"
Lionel Messi denies tax fraud claims
By AFP, 13 Jun 2013Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi denied stunning allegations on Wednesday that he and his father engaged in tax fraud worth more than four million euros ($A5.68 million).
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Neymar has signed. He is a Barcelona player. He is versatile; so where will he play?
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What went wrong for Barcelona this season?
By Harsh Sinha, 25 Apr 2013We thought Barcelona, the team who had won everything, would continue to haunt Europe’s elite. That Spain’s World Cup and Euro Cup winning players and, of course, the great Lionel Messi would be unstoppable for years to come.
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Top five football dribblers of all-time
By Harsh Sinha, 26 Mar 2013Dribbling is the ability to go past opposition players with a quick change of direction, burst of pace or a neat trick.
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The two stalwart and most compelling names in world football at the moment may be considered to be the arch rivals, and they are indeed the best.
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How to rebuild FC Barcelona
By Harsh Sinha, 3 Mar 2013Since the introduction of the tiki-taka style of play, developed by Pep Guardiola, FC Barcelona has dominated time of possession against almost all opponents.
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Messi the best? Not at home in Argentina
By AP, 20 Dec 2012Believe it or not, Argentine journalists don’t think Lionel Messi is the country’s best athlete of 2012.
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Messi extends his contract with Barcelona
By AAP, 19 Dec 2012Barcelona’s star Argentinian striker Lionel Messi has pledged to stay with the Spanish giants until June 2018 by renewing his contract, the club says.
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Barca must rest fatigued Messi
By Gareth Cotterell, 11 Dec 2012The current Barcelona side is regarded by many as the greatest side to have ever played the game. But would they be great without Lionel Messi?
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What Real Madrid can learn from Barcelona
By k77sujith, 7 Dec 2012Barcelona and Real Madrid are two powerhouses in world football plying their trade week in week out in La Liga and Europe with success.
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Ronaldo vs Messi: Who deserves the Ballon d’Or?
By Anthony Karakai, 9 Nov 2012For the past five years, the same debate has raged tiresomely: who is better, Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?
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Falcao rises to the level of Messi and Ronaldo
By k77sujith, 28 Oct 2012While Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo continue to defy normal standards and hog headlines with their astounding heroics in all competitions, one player has been quietly, but steadily rising up the ranks – Colombian Radamel Falcao, who plays for Atletico Madrid.
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Hold the ego thanks, Mr Mundine
By Hayley Byrnes, 22 Oct 2012Anthony Mundine’s live press conference on Friday, which had most thinking he is a now a raving lunatic as well as an egocentric, managed to cater to my delight and amusement with his woeful, stuttered attempt at politics, particularly on racism.
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Ronaldo deserved Ballon d’Or: Murinho
By AFP, 4 Aug 2012Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Friday that his Portuguese striker Ronaldo should have won this year’s Ballon d’Or and not Barcelona’s Lionel Messi.
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Messi, FC Barcelona dynasty face uncertain futures
By Alan Nicolea, 25 Apr 2012After the 2-1 El Clasico defeat to Real Madrid last weekend, Pep Guardiola insisted that the future of FC Barcelona would be on the line when the Catalan giants hosted Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals.
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A trip to Munich for the UEFA Champions League final awaits either FC Barcelona or Chelsea, who meet at Camp Nou this morning in the second leg of their semi-final. Join us bright and early from 4.45am AEST for minute by minute commentary.
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Barcelona must shrug form slump to beat Chelsea
By tonysalerno, 24 Apr 2012Pep Guardiola has vowed his side will beat Chelsea in the return leg of their semi-final to possibly book an El Clasico rematch in the champions league final.
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Will football’s finest modern players ever win a World Cup?
By k77sujith, 19 Apr 2012The virtuoso displays of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the last few seasons have catapulted them to a celebrated level in football, defined by phenomenal dexterity and the desire to be the finest of their generation.
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Messi and Ronaldo are killing football
By Dane25, 14 Apr 2012Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have cheapened the value of the stupefying ball-warping goal and improbable individual skills that I used to sporadically see in the world game.
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Barcelona has established their place in the UEFA Champions League final four by delivering a technically impressive and strong 90 minutes of football.
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