Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title after beating 10-man Atletico Madrid 2-0 in Saturday’s top-of-the-table showdown at the Nou Camp as late strikes by Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi gave the Catalans an 11-point lead at the top of the table. Atletico began brightly but their gameplan went out of the window when […]
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Messi and Suarez late show rescues Barcelona in 4-4 draw at Villarreal
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi came off the bench in his side’s hour of need to inspire the Liga leaders to battle back from 4-2 down in stoppage time to snatch a remarkable 4-4 draw at struggling Villarreal on Tuesday. The Catalans avoided a first league loss since November with a thumping left-foot strike from Luis Suarez […]
UEFA Champions League: Barcelona draw blank in Lyon to leave tie open
Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde shrugged off his team’s struggles in front of goal after they were held to a 0-0 draw away at Lyon in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. The Spanish side had most of the chances at the Groupama Stadium, with Luis Suarez firing just wide in […]
Ronaldo and Messi are not going to win Ballon d’Or – Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe in his recent interview stated that neither Ronaldo nor Messi will be getting their hands of Ballon d’Or this year. Kylian Mbappe who won the World Cup this year believes that someone from France will be getting Ballon d’Or this time. The last French player to win Ballon d’Or was Zidane who won […]
Match Preview: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
El Clasico is considered as one of the biggest rivalries in the history of football but this time people are not that much excited about the fixture. The major reason is the absence of Ronaldo and Messi, Ronaldo has left Madrid for Turin and Messi fractured his arm in the last fixture. Another reason why […]
Messi to miss three weeks after fracturing right arm
Lionel Messi is expected to be out for three weeks after fracturing his right arm during Barcelona’s win over Sevilla on Saturday. Messi will now miss Barca’s Champions League game at home to Inter Milan on Wednesday, as well as the season’s first Clasico four days later against Real Madrid. A Barcelona club statement read: […]
Pep praises Messi and Ronaldo
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has praised Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for their contributions in the game of football. According to Pep, the world should realize they are blessed that they are seeing the era of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Also read: Twitter slams Maradona over anti-Messi remarks Pep, who has coaches Messi in […]
‘Messi is the best of all-time’ Says Eto’o
The former Barcelona striker Samuel Etoo believes that there is no one like Lionel Messi. Also read: FIFA best player award: See who Messi and Ronaldo voted for Messi had a great year with Barcelona but failed to create impact with Argentina. Leo was names in the FIFPri World XI team but failed to make his […]
Modric threatens to end Ronaldo-Messi era as world’s best
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade-long domination of football’s individual awards is under threat from Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric and Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah when FIFA’s player of the year is announced on Monday. For the first time in 12 years Messi is not even nominated among the three finalists for […]
“I’m on top with Ronaldo and Messi” says Griezman
The world cup winner Antoine Griezman believes that he is already on top after his brilliant in the world cup. Although the player agreed that he is not a goal scorer like Messi or Ronaldo but he believes that he is still on top because of his skills. “There are different ways to look at […]