Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged lionel messi

Ballon d’Or Point Totals Make Franck Ribery Unhappy.

2008-12-03T22:39:04+00:00

The Ballon d'Or is nothing if not a lightning rod for controversy and year-long verbal sparring matches with inflatable gloves. Yes, some deserving players win it. Others not so deserving also win it. In short, it's like nearly every other award handed out by any other organization in the world. But perhaps worth the debate is [.

Golden Ball 2008 - C-Ron Gets B-D’or, Italy Gets Nothing

2008-12-03T02:21:44+00:00

Chalk up one more trophy for CR7, this one the biggest and most important one of them all. In a decision that surprised no one given the player's outstanding performances over the past year (both domestically and in Europe), French magazine France Football has handed its prestigious Ballon d'Or award to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ballon d'Or Thoughts

2008-12-01T18:05:00+00:00

The publication France Football will announce the winner of the prestigious Ballon d'Or award tomorrow morning. Of the 30 players on the shortlist to win the award, you have to believe that Cristiano Ronaldo will win. Why Cristiano Ronaldo Will Win the Ballon d'Or1. Ronaldo led his team to the Champions League title.

Argentines Abroad: the last weekend P.D.

2008-11-18T02:30:20+00:00

That's 'Pre Diego', for those who can't work it out. The Argentina manager and most of his squad have arrived in Glasgow and begun training for Wednesday's friendly against Scotland in the city where Maradona scored his first senior goal for his country, back in 1979. It makes sense, then, to take a quick look at [.

Goals Like This Are Why I Watch Football

2008-11-17T02:57:00+00:00

The creativity, the inventiveness, the overwhelming intelligence and yet, at the same time, the immense simplicity. Football is a game that can get over-complicated at times. Goals like this one from Lionel Messi in Barcelona's 2-0 victory at Recreativo Huelva however wash away all the dust and grit from the soul of a game which is pure in essence and bring it right back to what it really is: a

Spanish Segunda B: The Best Lower League In Europe.

2008-11-13T04:00:27+00:00

Let's omit the small talk and just get down to brass tacks: Real Madrid: Knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Segunda B side (third tier) Real Union on away goals (6-6 aggregate) after giving up 3 - f@#$ing THREE - at the Bernabeu, including a 90th minute tie decider. This their second incredibly disappointing [.

SL Daily: Tottenham v Liverpool, Newcastle and Portsmouth takeovers, Nerieda takes ‘em off, drug testing hitlist and more

2008-11-11T16:40:50+00:00

While you wait for Football Manager 2009 (little over 2 days to go), here is today's news in brief to keep you company (don't worry, you'll be saying goodbye to rest of the year this weekend): Carling Cup 4th Round: The 4th round of the Carling Cup gets underway tonight, with Tottenham playing Liverpool on Wednesday [.

Offside Rewind: Links Only A Mother Could Love.

2008-11-08T04:00:33+00:00

Discussing Stevie G's "penalty". Strange yellow cards in Croatia and Brazil. David Beckham's MLS career could be over sooner than people thought. But even without His GoldenNuggets, MLS will still have goals. Champions League has goals too. Lots of them. The neverending war between the Premier League and the world wide web wages onward.

Argentina squad to face Scotland - official

2008-11-05T13:44:52+00:00

The squad as expected by the Argentine press (and subsequently here) prior to Diego Maradona's first press conference as Argentina boss yesterday turned out to be not quite accurate, so here's the list as announced by the man himself in that press conference, along with a bit of opinion (my own and others') on it.

Argentines Abroad, and Maradona’s first squad

2008-11-04T17:07:24+00:00

The AFA will hold their press conference in a few hours' time to allow Diego Armando Maradona to announce his first Argentina squad (read on to see who's made it), and already there's controversy surrounding the nature of the appointment (not to mention the exclusions of three key players). Maradona declared on Radio La Red [.

Football video: Squeaky clean Lionel Messi gets caught spitting

2008-11-03T22:04:01+00:00

Does he phlegm like Maradona? Barcelona star Lionel Messi might often come off looking like Argentinian football's goody two-shoes, but he seems to be doing his best to shake off that image. At the weekend he unleashed a spectacular volley of spit towards Malaga's Duda during a La Liga match. And it was all caught on [.

Lionel Messi ein Lama?

2008-11-03T21:09:51+00:00

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Rosario die Heimatstadt von Lionel Messi liegt zwar ein gutes Stück von den südamerikanischen Anden - der Heimat der Lamas - entfernt, aber offenbar nah genug, um den argentinischen Fußballstar in seinem Verhalten auf dem Platz zu beeinflussen.Lionel Messi ein Lama?

Lionel Messi ein Lama?

2008-11-03T21:09:51+00:00

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Lionel Messi Now Starring In Spitgate

2008-11-03T18:44:07+00:00

Sweet little Lionel Messi's reputation is in a spot of trouble. Late in this weekend's 4-1 win over Malaga, Messi was roaming around and bumped into the back of Duda, Portuguese winger from the Andalusian club. Duda clearly doesn't enjoy being bumped from behind by men, so he turned around and recited a love sonnet [.

A new era begins

2008-10-30T18:37:25+00:00

What will Diego Maradona's appointment as manager of Argentina mean for the fans and players of the national team? You can find out on Soccernet, where I've written a terrible first paragraph and an otherwise pretty good (I hope) article on the new technical team for the selección. You can read it here.

Lionel Messi als Wunderkind

2008-10-17T19:10:31+00:00

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Lionel Messi war schon vor über 15 Jahren recht klein und hat seine Mitspieler dennoch, was Dribbelkunst, Durchsetzungsvermögen, Schnelligkeit und Spielwitz betrifft, überragt. Das ganze dokumentiert in einem Video, das Messi zeigt, wie er als 5-jähriges (ja er war schon fast 6) Fußball-Wunderkind über den Platz fegt und sein Gegenspieler schwindelig spielt.

Lionel Messi als Wunderkind

2008-10-17T19:10:31+00:00

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LIONEL MESSI: THE YOUNG "STAR"

2008-10-17T12:35:00+00:00

Here is a VIDEO of a very young LIONEL MESSI showing his class in 1993. The images says it all, a star is born: Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports

Lionel Messi: 5 Year Old Genius

2008-10-17T04:40:24+00:00

Pardon us if this is old, but it's an international travel day and we've taken to combing YouTube, where we found this little gem of a 5 year old Lionel Messi running rampant over, around and through other kids who aren't on the same planet. There's no confirmation, but everyone in the background is yelling [.

World Cup qualifying: self-examinations, and my own two centavos

2008-10-16T22:04:49+00:00

On Thursday, the Argentine squad went their separate ways as they returned to club duty following Wednesday night's pathetic surrender to neighbours Chile in Santiago. Speaking at Ezeiza airport before flying back to Barcelona, Lionel Messi own up to his own mistakes frankly, whilst Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze did likewise.

Football videos: Lionel Messi licks the lid

2008-10-16T20:13:34+00:00

Some footballers still do cheesy (or milky) ads Barcelona star Lionel Messi proves that hefty wages and big sponsorship deals need not stop multi-millionaire footballers making prats of themselves in the name of earning a few extra Euros. Here is Messi endorsing his favourite yoghurt.

World Cup 2010: Chile 1 - 0 Argentina

2008-10-16T01:40:05+00:00

After finally ending a run of six matches without defeat in a 2-1 win over Uruguay on Saturday, Argentina followed it up on Wednesday night by losing to trans-Andean neighbours Chile for the first time ever in a competitive match. It was a win Marcelo Bielsa's team thoroughly deserved, and followed on from Paraguay's one-goal [.

Chile vs. Argentina - the possibilities

2008-10-15T13:30:41+00:00

As ever, Coco Basile won't be revealing his starting XI until very shortly before kick off in Santiago, but with Juan Román Riquelme having rejoined the Boca Juniors squad to prepare for Sunday's superclásico following his suspension and with Carlos Tevez also ruled out, it's thought after the team's final training session at Ezeiza on [.

World Cup 2010 qualifiers: Argentina 2 - 1 Uruguay: the goals

2008-10-12T21:58:11+00:00

In my absence, Argentina finally returned to winning ways after six matches of forgetting what it felt like. In the Monumental, in the clásico against their ancient cross-river rivals Uruguay, Alfio Basile's side finally looked like a team again. It took seven minutes of the first half - between the fifth, when Lionel Messi opened [.

Preparations for Argentina vs. Uruguay

2008-10-10T11:30:15+00:00

Friday is the last full day of training for Argentina's squad ahead of the World Cup qualifying clásico against Uruguay in the Monumental on Saturday. It's been a disrupted week for Alfio Basile's men but on Thursday, Juan Román Riquelme returned to training with the squad. Things aren't all quite to plan so far, though - [.

National news

2008-10-06T11:00:33+00:00

Two pieces of news regarding Argentine selecciones today, both of which took place on Sunday whilst the league action was going on. In the Brazil 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Argentina drew 2-2 against Ukraine in a frantic end to a highly entertaining match which saw all the goals come in the closing minutes (in spite [.

Statement Games: Barca Roll Six; Zenit Go Two Better.

2008-10-05T17:53:24+00:00

Two clubs who put up vastly different performances and perhaps equally undeserved results in the Champions League walked out of their domestic fixtures with "Well whaddya think of us now?" plastered all over their faces this weekend. Barca were a large disappointment in Ukraine for about 87 minutes until Leo Messi & karma took over; though [.

Barcelona: They're Ba-aaack!

2008-10-05T07:32:00+00:00

After a few lackluster rebuilding years, Barcelona threw down a marker yesterday to prove they are once again a team able to win the Primera championship. Scoring five goals in the first 28 minutes, they demolished Atletico Madrid 6-1 at Nou Camp last night.

Goal scorers were Rafa Marquez, Sammy Eto'o (with two), Lionel Messi, Eidur Gudjohnsen, and Thierry Henry.

10 Things We Learned From Champions League Matchday 2

2008-10-02T20:30:32+00:00

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than a turban-sporting Italian in net, but they were never predicted to sneak a deserved point. Cluj proved their Roma win was no fluke, even if they used a vastly different [.

SERGIO AGUERO & LIONEL MESSI: CURRENTLY THE BEST TWO PLAYERS IN THE WORLD?

2008-10-02T09:13:00+00:00

They are the talk of the town, & of the Football World. Two very young Argentine´s who have speed, skill, dribble & goal, plenty of goal: SERGIO AGUERO & LIONEL MESSI. Both yesterday... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports