- Roo Legend: Rooney Retires from England duty!
- Australasia gets represented in the Premier League this year!
- Sanchez in North London, Where Have We Heard That Before?
- Sigurdsson Sale: Swansea could face Ragnarok after losing Thor!
- 2017/18 Premier League Predictions!
- PSG set to trigger record Neymar Fee!
- Mourinho thrives with a Prag-Matic approach!
- The Loan Ranger: Game of Loans!
- Rome(-lu) Wasn’t Built In A Day, But Hernandez Is Heading Hammers Way!
- Man United, Arsenal, and Huddersfield are all in a dash to splash the cash!
All posts tagged "Lionel Messi"
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Ronaldo leads Portugal past Wales to mark one over Messi
It’s been a whirlwind of a fortnight in the rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Despite a lackluster start to Euro 2016, Ronaldo will now have a chance to mark one over Messi after sealing a...
- Posted July 7, 2016
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Chile claim another Copa and Wales win in the Battle of Britain!
What a forty-eight hours of sport we’ve witnessed this past weekend, from the final of Copa America Centenario in America to the Round of 16 of Euro 2016 commencing in France. International football was at its very best...
- Posted June 27, 2016
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Argentina 0-0 Chile (2-4 pens): Messi bows out of international football after penalty miss
Messi called time on his international career following a heartbreaking defeat to Chile on penalties in the Copa America final. Lionel Messi has every ability to hit the top corner of the net nine times out of...
- Posted June 26, 2016
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Three things: How Lionel Messi’s absence will affect Argentina against Chile
Argentina still have the capacity to be the best team in the world despite the chaos that shrouds their preparations for the Copa Centenario and their tournament opener versus Chile is the ideal situation to prove it....
- Posted June 5, 2016
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Messi wins round eight in Ballon d’Or battle with Ronaldo
Esteemed football tactics writer Jonathan Wilson poses an astute theory on the various “styles” of football and how they differ across the planet. Every country, he suggests, has its own clear strengths and recognizes them but doesn’t...
- Posted January 11, 2016
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Five highlights to keep you satisfied over the international break
For all the international break can offer, it’s just not the same as some nice old club football. You know nothing must be happening when Jose Mourinho decides to sink into the background, though pictures of him...
- Posted October 15, 2015
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Tiki-taka is dead. Long live tiki-taka; Barcelona’s evolution
Pep Guardiola was famously zealous about many things; about tiki-taka, club culture, training, and about Coldplay’s song, “Viva La Vida.” He’d play it to his Barcelona team before every game and often over the loudspeakers at the...
- Posted June 4, 2015
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Tables turned on Messi as Barcelona dip
Let’s imagine, for the sake of example, that Lionel Messi were playing at, say, Norwich City, while Cristiano Ronaldo remains at Real Madrid. No matter who is the “better” player, Ronaldo would score more, would he not?...
- Posted January 7, 2015
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Where will Ronaldo and Messi be in 5 years?
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are arguably the best two players the world has ever seen. Certainly, as their careers begin to wane, it is up for debate whether they matched those careers of namely Diego Maradona...
- Posted October 13, 2014
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Transfer Window Roundup – Barcelona Splashing The Cash In The Wrong Places
Under Luis Enrique, a new dawn for Barcelona is finally opening at the end of an era. Their illustrious streak of five years previous to the appointment of Enrique, which included winning four La Liga titles, two...
- Posted July 17, 2014