Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona hammered Leganes 5-0 on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey and deliver a much-needed boost for new coach Quique Setien. Messi’s double, as well as goals from Antoine Griezmann, Clement Lenglet and Arthur Melo rounded off an emphatic win at Camp Nou, where Barca […]
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Magical Argentine, Lionel Messi struck on his return to international duty on Friday following a three-month ban as Argentina defeated fierce rivals Brazil 1-0 in a friendly in Riyadh. The Barcelona forward was suspended by CONMEBOL for accusing South American football’s ruling body of “corruption” after he was sent off in July’s third-place play-off with […]
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Barcelona threw on their stars of the present and the future on Saturday but neither Lionel Messi nor Ansu Fati could save them from a dismal 2-0 defeat away at Granada. Messi was still not deemed fit enough to start at Los Carmenes while Fati, the 16-year-old who has lit up La Liga in recent […]
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Brazil coach Tite told Lionel Messi to show some respect following claims from the Argentina captain that the Copa America had been “fixed” so the hosts would win. Brazil clinched the Copa by defeating Peru 3-1 at the Maracana on Sunday but Tite felt that his side had been hard done by in some refereeing decisions and […]
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Barcelona went 11 points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday when Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi scored twice in two minutes to break the resistance of 10-man Atletico Madrid. Diego Costa saw red in the 28th minute at Camp Nou after insulting referee Gil Manzano but while Atletico held on for almost […]
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Lionel Messi’s goal in a Copa del Rey game against Getafe in the 2006/2007 season has been voted the best ever in the history of Barcelona. The goal was picked ahead of 63 other goals in a competition that started at the end of December 2018, and had more than 500,000 votes cast in the […]
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FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi will be out of action for three weeks after he fractured his right arm during Saturday’s 4-2 La Liga win over Sevilla, a club statement said. The injury ruled him out of the ‘Clasico’ against arch rivals Real Madrid on Oct. 28. Ousmane Dembele replaced Messi in the 25th minute […]
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France have a number of options to limit Lionel Messi’s influence in their round of 16 clash against Argentina coach Didier Deschamps said on Friday. However, the French coach also resigned that he could turn the match in an instant. Messi has yet to light up the World Cup in a stuttering Argentina side. But […]
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Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream was left hanging by a thread as Croatia powered into the last 16 with a 3-0 drubbing of Argentina on Thursday. Second-half goals from Ante Rebic, Luka Modric, and Ivan Rakitic sealed a deserved victory as a poor Argentina were left on the brink of a humiliating first-round exit. The […]
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Ace Argentine forward, Lionel Messi fluffed his World Cup lines on Saturday, missing a penalty as Iceland held Argentina to a 1-1 draw. Just a day after his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational hat-trick to secure a 3-3 draw for Portugal against Spain, Messi had a golden chance to write his own headlines. […]
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