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2013 El- Clasico: Real Madrid v Barcelona Huge queues snaked away from Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on Monday morning, a sign of optimism around the club which has been absent in recent months. Football’s finest venue will stage some huge … read more »
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Lionel Messi’s four-goal burst ensured that he and Barcelona returned to the top of the Associated Press Global Soccer rankings this week. The romance of England’s FA Cup produced some unlikely names in the Top 10 teams and a previously … read more »
El Clasico 2013 – Despite Real Madrid being in good form results-wise and playing at home, it is FC Barcelona that comes out as the favorite partly because of the players Madrid will not be counting on. Iker Casillas and … read more »
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By Vladimir Moraru In a shot-in-the-arm tune-up for Wednesday’s clash with eternal rival FC Barcelona in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey (Spanishd Cup) Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in Real Madri’s 4-0 trashing of Getafe in the 21st … read more »
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MADRID — Lionel Messi became the first player to score in eleven consecutive La Liga matches on Sunday when he hit four as leaders Barcelona eased past a ten-man Osasuna with a 5-1 victory. Pedro Rodriguez got the other and … read more »
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Barcelona achieved an intriguing 2-4 win (4-6 in aggregate) against Malaga at La Rosaleda in the return leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Pedro Rodriguez, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi scored the goals for the Blaugrana, who … read more »
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Up two after 25 minutes, Barcelona looked en route to a typical Blaugrana Saturday. Messi was on the board as was Pedro, the young Spaniard with only his fourth goal for the season. Against a team averaging fewer than a … read more »
Born to a factory worker and a part-time cleaner in Argentina, Lionel Messi has risen from being a skilled child footballer to a maverick international star who has claimed almost every award in the world of football. On Monday (January … read more »
Lionel Messi has been adjudged World Footballer of the Year 2012 for the fourth consecutive time. He shoved challenge from his Barcelona team mate Andreas Iniesta and Real Madrid’s Christiano. The Award ceremony was held in Zurich on Monday. The … read more »
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Cristiano Ronaldo will return with nine-times winners Real Madrid to Manchester United, where he developed into one of the world’s greatest forwards, and Lionel Messi’s Barcelona take on AC Milan in the Champions League last 16. Bayern Munich, last season’s … read more »
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(Reuters) – Real Madrid stumbled to a 2-2 home draw with Espanyol, allowing victorious Barcelona to open up a 13-point gap over their rivals and prompting Real boss Jose Mourinho to say the Catalans have all but won the Spanish … read more »
The Football Association of Zambia Faz has stated that it will approach Fifa about getting recognition for striker prolific Godfrey Chitalu’s record of scoring 107 goals in 1972 calendar season. This latest development came after Lionel Messi broke German Gerd … read more »
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Barcelona extended their unbeaten run in La Liga to 12 matches with a remarkable 5-4 victory at Deportivo de La Coruna on Saturday. Goals from Jordi Alba, CristianTello and Lionel Messi handed the visitors a three-goal advantage after 20 minutes … read more »
Lionel Messi guided Argentina past a tough Uruguay side in the final half hour with two brilliant goals for a 3-0 win on Friday that keeps them top of South America’s World Cup qualifiers. Argentina lead the nine-nation South American … read more »
by T. Goshu This is the third and final part of my comment on the subject of seizing opportunities, at least whenever they make themselves available. In my first part, I have tried to mention some missed opportunities for the … read more »
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Jose Mourinho has changed his tune. Earlier this season the Real Madrid boss was surprisingly scathing about his team’s level of performance, including the memorable comment after a 1-0 defeat against Sevilla: “At the moment I don’t have a team.” … read more »
In may only be early October but already tonight’s El Clasico has taken on a ‘title decider’ feel as Real Madrid arrive in Catalunya eight points behind Barcelona in the table. Ahead of the match reporters takes a look back … read more »
Lionel Messi was Barcelona’s goal maker and Robin van Persie was Manchester United’s goal taker as the star forwards shone in Champions League victories Tuesday. Messi created chances for Alexis Sanchez to score in the sixth minute and Cesc Fabregas … read more »
When Barcelona played Granada last matchweek, Lionel Messi and David Villa were spotted having an altercation on the Camp Nou turf. “Give it to me first time” was what the Argentinian maestro was apparently telling his Spanish counterpart, with lip-readers … read more »
Sevilla heaped more misery on Real Madrid with a 1-0 win, while rivals Barcelona continued their perfect start to the La Liga season. Defending champions Real were already five points adrift of league leaders Barcelona heading into Saturday’s match after … read more »
Lionel Messi saved an off-colour Barcelona from a first defeat of the La Liga campaign when he struck twice in a stirring 2-1 comeback win at 10-man Osasuna on Sunday. Video Highlights Here Barca fell 3-2 to the Navarrans on … read more »
Reigning champions Real Madrid will look to bounce back from their midweek 3-2 Supercopa de Espana defeat to arch rivals Barcelona on Sunday. Jose Mourinho’s men travel to Getafe for their second match of the La Liga season still looking … read more »
Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Madrid 3-2 at the Nou Camp and take a slender lead from the first leg of the Spanish Supercopa. Cristiano Ronaldo headed Real into the lead against the run of play 10 minutes … read more »
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The more things change in La Liga, the more they stay the same. As 2012/13 begins Josep Guardiola and Santi Cazorla may have left, but the build-up to the new season has been familiar, with the big two again set … read more »
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Lionel Messi has played down the idea he has a big personal rivalry with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. The 25-year-old Argentine striker had been speaking to the media ahead of Argentina playing Germany in a friendly on Wednesday in … read more »
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Roberto Di Matteo has vowed there would be no Chelsea revolution this season as he questioned the wisdom of trying to play like Barcelona. Andre Villas-Boas had been tasked by billionaire owner Roman Abramovich with transforming the way Chelsea played, … read more »
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Headlines can be deceiving, especially those involving Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. Ronaldo’s goals have won consecutive matches at the European Championship, sending Portugal into Wednesday’s semifinals against Spain. So readers would be forgiven for thinking there was only one player … read more »
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Outspoken Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff has told Cristiano Ronaldo he needs to “grow up” after the Portugal star hit out at opposing fans for chanting Lionel Messi’s name at him. Ronaldo was quick to remind Denmark fans who goaded him … read more »
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(AP) — Looking back, the 4-0 victory over Ecuador on Saturday with Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria scoring may be the moment that star-studded Argentina finally began to meet expectations. The Gauchos were in control … read more »
Carlos Tevez has been left out of the Argentina squad for their World Cup qualifier against Ecuador. The 28-year-old forward helped Manchester City to their first league title in 44 years with four goals in the final six games of … read more »
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