When Messi is on the pitch, entertainment is guaranteed and his hat trick tonight, together with Puyol’s opener, gave Barça a big win against Malaga, a team who are pushing for a Champions League place themselves. It was a clear win for Barça who made a great start with a goal from Puyol , only [...]
Barcelona bounced back from recent disappointment to thrash Rayo Vallecano 7-0 at the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas and put Real Madrid’s party on hold for another week. Barcelona went into the match knowing defeat would hand Real Madrid the title but first half goals from Lionel Messi and Seydou Keita, and an own-goal by [...]
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola rallied to the support of Lionel Messi after the Argentinian star’s penalty miss that almost certainly cost his team a place in the Champions League final. Messi cut a disconsolate figure on Tuesday following his side’s agonizing semifinal exit to Chelsea. Arguably the turning point in the contest came early in [...]
Chelsea produced a heroic performance to reach the Champions League final with 10 men after a 2-2 draw with Barcelona in a pulsating semi-final second leg at the Camp Nou. The Blues went into the clash 1-0 ahead but Sergio Busquets restored parity in the tie after 35 minutes, moments before Chelsea captain John Terry [...]
Click here to view Messi’s highlights. Real Madrid opened up a surely insurmountable seven-point lead at the top of La Liga following a 2-1 victory at the home of reigning champions Barcelona in Saturday’s Clasico. Jose Mourinho’s men brought Barca’s 11-game winning streak in La Liga to a shuddering halt and effectively clinched the title [...]
Barcelona stars were caught up in a late-night hotel clash with fans — just hours before their big match with Chelsea. The fracas involving Lionel Messi and Daniel Alves led to cops being called to London’s swanky Grosvenor House Hotel. Fan James McWatt, 19, bumped into the pair in the corridor and asked goal ace [...]
Each year TIME selects the 100 most influential people in the world, the personalities that make up his year’s TIME 100 are people that “inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world.” La Masia graduate and FC Barcelona striker Leo Messi made the list along with other athletes, like NBA star Jeremy Lin [...]
Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a smash-and-grab 1-0 win over Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge. The Ivorian striker drilled home a low finish on the stroke of half-time after an uncharacteristic error from Lionel Messi allowed Chelsea to counter attack. Barcelona had dominated the match, barely giving up [...]
Sources in Argentina have confirmed that Antonella Roccuzzo, the long-time girlfriend of FC Barcelona soccer superstar Lionel Messi, is pregnant. This will be the couple’s first child. Reports initially began trickling out of Rosario, the city in Argentina where both Leo Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo are from. The news first broke on an Argentine radio [...]
Messi scored a penalty against Levante on Saturday to match Cristiano Ronaldo’s Spanish league record 41 goals in a season, set less than two hours earlier. Messi converted the 72nd-minute spot kick to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory and equal rival Ronaldo, who set the record with a 74th-minute header in Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory [...]
