Lionel Messi Archives

Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk in FIFA The Best final 3

Premier League

by el-admin - September 2, 2019 0929

ESPN FC's Alejandro Moreno speaks of Virgil Van Dijk's importance to Liverpool, after the Dutch star-man was awarded UEFA player of the year. Alejandro Moreno says Juventus need more from Cristiano Ronaldo in both the Champions League and Serie A this season. As Barcelona's stuttering start continued

Van Dijk tops Messi, Ronaldo for UEFA award

Premier League

by el-admin - August 29, 2019 0868

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award on Thursday, taking the prize over Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo. The award was handed to Netherlands captain at the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, held in Monaco. - UCL draw: Madrid get

Fifa Puskás Award 2019: breakdown of the 10-strong shortlist

by el-admin - August 20, 2019 0841

The Puskás Award, named after the Hungary legend, is given to the best goal scored in the last 12 months. Notable winners include Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, while Premier League duo Olivier Giroud and Mohamed Salah won the trophy in 2017 and 2018, respectively. These are the 10 goals which Fifa

Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk, Hegerberg nominated for UEFA award

Premier League

by el-admin - August 15, 2019 01019

ESPN FC's Shaka Hislop ranks the three finalists for the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award. The FC crew praise Liverpool's backup goalkeeper Adrian for his starring role in the Reds' penalty shootout victory over Chelsea. ESPN FC's Julien Laurens shares the latest on Barcelona's meeting

Toe Poke Daily: Messi reveals his own son trolls him with Liverpool, Real Madrid taunts

Premier League

by el-admin - June 6, 2019 01189

'If you sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' one more time then you're straight to bed with no dinner...'.The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place.Jump to: Messi, Aguero

Klopp took a risk with his tactics at Barcelona – and Messi made him pay | Jonathan Wilson

by el-admin - May 5, 2019 0837

Contemplating his side’s Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City last season, Jürgen Klopp said that to sit back and look to absorb pressure against such a side was in effect to try to “win the lottery”. Against the very best, he believes there is no point – at least for

It really is Lionel’s world now: Messi has remade football in his own image | Barney Ronay

by el-admin - May 4, 2019May 4, 2019 01069

There was some consolation this week for anyone feeling a little maxed-out by the relentless individual brilliance of Lionel Messi. We have at least found something he isn’t good at on a football pitch. It turns out Messi isn’t very good at punching Fabinho in the head. Frankly, he’s terrible at

Messi delivered magic for Barcelona but Liverpool had no plan for Alba; Ajax present beats Ajax past

Premier League

by el-admin - May 2, 2019 01472

Barcelona take a commanding 3-0 lead into the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Liverpool after a dominant performance at home. Donny van der Beek scored the lone goal as Ajax topped Spurs 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the first leg of their Champions

Jürgen Klopp happy with Liverpool’s performance but rues Messi’s brilliance

by el-admin - May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 0953

Jürgen Klopp described Lionel Messi as unstoppable after the brilliant Barcelona captain orchestrated Liverpool’s heaviest defeat of the season in the Champions League semi-final first leg. Messi scored twice to bring up a staggering 600 goals for the Spanish champions, 14 years to the day since his debut goal for the

Incomparable Messi reminds Salah who is master of left-footed arts | Barney Ronay

by el-admin - May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 01105

There was a moment at the end of this game – like so many other Lionel Messi moments – that you felt like pulling out of the air, taking home and keeping on a constant loop in the front of your brain. Like all the best Messi bits it was