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FC Barcelona – Neymar Making Lionel Messi Redundant
So it’s been four consecutive league matches without Lionel Messi scoring a goal. The last one he scored was back in September. Meanwhile, Barcelona don’t seem too bothered by it; not as long as they’re winning, keeping a six point lead over Real Madrid and getting quite a lot from Neymar and Alexis Sanchez, carrying the team through these weird and unexpected time.
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FC Barcelona – Cesc Fabregas Takes Over For Messi
One thing that’s hard to admit but easy to notice – Barcelona have been playing better this season with Cesc Fabregas at the central midfielder position instead of Xavi, evne if it means less classic Barca style and a more direct approach. With the team picking up a 3-0 away win in a tough stadium, no one can argue that this approach is the wrong way to about it.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – Who Cares About Sepp Blatter?
The latest set of idiotic things spoken by FIFA president Sepp Blatter helped reveal the vanity Cristiano Ronaldo is plagued with, and the lack of wits he or those running his social media operations for him possess, taking the whole comparison with Lionel Messi too seriously.
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Messi’s Little Helpers – Neymar & Alexis Sanchez
There’s no real doubt about the fact that Lionel Messi is the king of FC Barcelona, but even he can’t do it on his own. This season has started well for him, but injuries have gotten somewhat in the way, while he didn’t score at all in the first Clasico of the season. Luckily, the club’s scoring problems when he’s not firing might be on their way to being solved due to the prolific Neymar and Alexis Sanchez.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Turns to Neymar & Alexis Sanchez
The first Clasico of the season was something of a weird one, especially when looking at the key players and heroes. Lionel Messi had a weak performance, hardly felt under heavy guard. Meanwhile, both Neymar and later Alexis Sanchez enjoyed enough freedom to score the goals put Barcelona all smiling when they got past the finish line.
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Alexis Sanchez, Clasico King (Barcelona vs Real Madrid)
A new era in the biggest rivalry? Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both not getting on the scoresheet? Too soon to tell, but the heroes for Barcelona were Alexis Sanchez with a beautiful goal and Neymar scoring the opener, while Real Madrid found their breakthrough with the young Jese way too late in the 2-1 defeat.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – All Their Clasico Goals
Just like in almost every possible statistical comparison between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the Barcelona star has a lead over the Real Madrid one when it comes to goals being scored in Clasico matches, scoring 18 to his “rival’s” 12, although he’s had a bit more time to brush up CV in this match.
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Lionel Messi Scored More Than 43 Teams Last Season
Taking into account the top 5 leagues in Europe – Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, Lionel Messi scored more than 43 different teams last season. He finished with 46 league goals for Barcelona.
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The Champions League Four Goals Club
The nine players that have scored four goals or more in a Champions League match: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marco Van Basten, Simone Inzaghi, Dado Prso, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Andriy Shevchenko, Lionel Messi, Bafetimbi Gomis and Robert Lewandowski.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Not Trying His Hardest
When Barcelona play in an alarmingly slow pace, it’s quite clear that the team isn’t so concerned about winning. A Clasico coming up, a tough Italian opponent and Lionel Messi himself only now coming back from injury, there were more pressing issues that going all-out for the victory.