Lionel Messi was not seen attending Barcelona’s training ground for coronavirus tests on Sunday morning and without taking the test, he will not participate in Koeman’s first pre-season training session on Monday, with the start of the new La Liga season less than two weeks away. Barca’s new coach Ronald Koeman and first-team players entered … Read more
A fired-up Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3-1 win at home to Napoli on Saturday for a 4-2 aggregate victory which took the club into the Champions League quarter-finals. It is Barcelona’s 13th consecutive time of reaching the last eight and they will face Bayern Munich in a mouth-watering clash in the Final Eight … Read more
Lionel Messi finished as top goalscorer in Spanish La Liga for a record seventh time after netting twice as dethroned champions FC Barcelona went on a scoring spree on Sunday. They ended their disappointing 2019/2020 campaign on a high with a resounding 5-0 win at Alaves. Barca finished the season second in the standings on … Read more
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has predicted that Lionel Messi will remain as Barcelona’s “leader” for another five years. Due to a release clause in his contract, Messi is able to end his long-term association with the Catalan giants in the summer. However, Bartomeu feels that the 32-year-old, who netted another hat-trick for the Spanish … Read more
Barcelona claimed a narrow 2-1 win at Slavia Prague as Lionel Messi became the first player to score in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons. Captain Messi gave Barca an early lead with a first-time finish after an exchange of passes with Arthur. The Czech champions were deservedly level when Jan Boril poked home Lukas Masopust’s … Read more
Barcelona forward, Antoine Griezmann, has admitted he has found it “difficult” to form a relationship with Lionel Messi, as the pair rarely talk. It has been a hot topic of debate since Griezmann left Atletico Madrid to join Barca in the summer and it appears the pair do have some distance between them. Speaking ahead … Read more
Barcelona forward, Antoine Griezmann, has admitted he has found it “difficult” to form a relationship with Lionel Messi, as the pair rarely talk. It has been a hot topic of debate since Griezmann left Atletico Madrid to join Barca in the summer and it appears the pair do have some distance between them. Speaking ahead … Read more
Lionel Messi has been crowned ‘The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2019’ beating UEFA’s best player Virgil van Dijk and his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Barcelona striker Lionel Messi won the award on Monday for a record sixth time. In the ceremony at Teatro all Scala in Milan, Italy, Jurgen Van Klopp was also named men’s … Read more
Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi, suffered a calf injury during his first training session back at the club having been given extended leave following Argentina’s run to the semi-finals at this summer’s Copa America. Messi, who only returned to the fold today, was forced to pull out of the session with what doctors have diagnosed as … Read more
FC Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) following his claim the Copa America was corrupt. The 32-year-old forward was sent off during Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off defeat of Chile and he later said the competition was fixed for hosts … Read more
Forbes released its yearly positioning of the World’s 100 Highest-Paid competitors, who all things considered earned $4 billion in the course of the most recent a year, up 5% from a year ago’s income of $3.8 billion. Lionel Messi was named the world’s most generously compensated competitor out of the blue, up from second spot … Read more
Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, is absent from the Copa America Team of the Tournament after perhaps the worst tournament he would be part of aside when he was just starting out at senior level with Argentina during the 2006 World Cup. With Liverpool and Brazil keeper, Alisson Becker, in goal; 36-year-old Dani Alves (Brazil) at … Read more
Like his coach, Dani Alves, a long-term Lionel Messi collaborator at club level has taken an exception to what the Argentina captain said about Brazil being favoured throughout the Copa America hosted by the South American giants. Alves, voted the player of the tournament, was full of praise for the Selecao coach, Tite staff as … Read more
Brazil coach, Tite has stated his belief that Argentina’s superstar, Lionel Messi, needs to show more respect and accept losing in good faith. While reacting to Messi’s claims that the Copa America was set up for Brazil, Tite, who guided the Selecao to a 3-1 win against Peru late Sunday, hit back at the Barcelona … Read more
Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, ignored the Copa America third-place medal ceremony after he was shown a red card in the first half during the third place match against Chile. The Barcelona superstar laid on Argentina’s first goal on Saturday for Sergio Aguero, his first contribution in open play during the tournament as Paulo Dybala made … Read more
Host, Brazil, produced their best performance yet at the ongoing Copa America tournament to beat eternal rival, Argentina and qualify for the final. In yet another match that saw Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi, failing yet again to lift Argentina, Brazil ran out 2-0 winner in the semi-final encounter played in the early hours of this … Read more
Over the last 12 months, Barcelona and Argentina superstar, Messi has been named the top-earning athlete in the world, according to Forbes. To achieve the feat, Messi topped an all-football including Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian and PSG star, Neymar Jnr. With $127m earned last year, Messi takes the top spot as Ronaldo pulled … Read more
Mauricio Pochettino has found praise for Lionel Messi inevitable even as he looks for ways to ensure Tottenham outclass Ajax in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Ajax. With Donny van de Beek’s first-half goal having earned the Dutch side a 1-0 advantage in the opening encounter in London, Tottenham are hoping … Read more
With both Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, and his assistant, Mike Phelan, watching, Barcelona came up with late goals to almost secure the La Liga title for the season. With Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez beating the usually impressive Jan Oblak twice in the match, Barcelona were afforded the chance to go 11 points … Read more