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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Needs Neymar to be Just as Important as Him
There are many layers and reasons for Barcelona to bring in Neymar, some of them a bit more obvious than others. One of them is taking a lot of pressure off from Lionel Messi, even if it means that in some matches, the Brazilian is actually the focus of everything that goes on.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Becoming the Power Figure of the Club
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a soccer club is for one of its players to become greater than the team itself, which is something that’s at a risk of happening for Barcelona with Lionel Messi.
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FC Barcelona – Pedro Rodriguez & Alexis Sanchez Hope They’re Not Forgotten
Positive for the summer: David Villa was sold to Atletico Madrid, leaving the Barcelona frontline just a little bit thinner. Bad news? Neymar arrived and Cristian Tello got an impressive new extension, keeping Pedro Rodriguez an Alexis Sanchez in a weird place heading into next season.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & Andres Iniesta Make Managers Matter Less
Everyone at the moment is busy thinking who should become the team’s next manager, but that question is less and less important when Barcelona have the kind of attack they currently possess, and above everyone else are Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta.
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On Barcelona, Tito Vilanova & Pep Guardiola Airing Out Dirty Laundry
For quite a few years, in a world that seemed to force soccer fans to choose sides in the Barcelona – Real Madrid classico wars, Barca always came out as the squeaky clean club, where everyone are friends, nice and moral. But Pep Guardiola seems to have a lot of feeling harbored against his former club, while Tito Vilanova himself, maybe part of the club’s wishes, attacked the man he used to work under.
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FC Barcelona – David Villa, Eventually, Was a Slight Disappointment
When Barcelona added David Villa from Valencia in 2010, they knew it wasn’t going to be a deal they’ll benefit from for more than a few seasons, and still, his departure to Atletico Madrid is followed by a taste of missing out on something greater with Barca, and eventually, ending up as a slightly disappointing figure.
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Matt Eliason Scores the Best Goal in the Lionel Messi & Friends vs the World Match
Despite all of the talent on the pitch in Chicago for the charity match between ‘Lionel Messi & Friends’ playing against the Rest of the World, the most impressive moment came from an amateur soccer player, Matt Eliason, scoring an incredible bicycle kick goal off of a Thierry Henry chip.
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Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo – The Not So Quiet Summer
The 2013 summer should have been a chance for players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to relax. Not just their bodies rest from a season of football without any international competitions to attend, but with Real Madrid being in a very confusing state at the moment, while the Barcelona star has had his problems with the IRS in Spain, it hasn’t been too tranquil for the two.
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Will Barcelona Ever Sell Lionel Messi?
Never say never about anything, but anyone who declared Barcelona and Lionel Messi is something that will last forever is probably not too far from the truth.
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Lionel Messi – A Birthday Boy With Only One Thing Left to Get
As Lionel Messi turns 26, and from a Peter-Panish forever child he becomes, in front of out eyes, an actual adult, once again the only thing missing from his incredible long list of achievements pops to mind – winning the World Cup with Argentina, so the argument over the best footballer of all time might finally be decided.