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Messi vs Ronaldo – Until One of Them Starts Slowing Down
A rivalry that goes beyond pure stats, goals and wins. Lionel Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo might not even exist between them in actuality but it does between fans, pundits and everyone with just the slightest opinion about football, and especially Barcelona and Real Madrid.
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Goal Record – Lionel Messi, Godfrey Chitalu or Zico
Just when we though we’ve heard the last of Lionel Messi breaking the calendar year goal scoring record, the Zambian FA and Flamengo rise to challenge the achievement, claiming that either Godfrey Chitalu from Kabwe Warriors or the legendary Zico already hold the mentioned milestone.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi is More Than Just Goals
There’s no doubt that enormous success brings a lot of hatred and other negative sentiments with it. Lionel Messi, after breaking the 40 year old record of goals in a year, is seeing that from many in the form of denying his status as the best player now and shooting down the Barcelona’s star potential status as the best player ever.
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Lionel Messi, All 86 Goals in 2012
The chase is over, and we can move on to more important things. Gerd Muller no more, Lionel Messi now owns another scoring record. After setting the all-time best in a La Liga season, the history of Barcelona and in one season of Champions League football, Messi now owns the record for most goals in a calendar year, currently setting it at 86.
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FC Barcelona – The Victory of Lionel Messi, the Loss of Cesc Fabregas
The good: Barcelona came away from a very tough away match with a 2-1 win. Lionel Messi now owns yet another scoring record, most goals scored in a calendar year. The bad: Cesc Fabregas couldn’t last more than nine minutes, leaving with a thigh injury, and will be out for three to four weeks.
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FC Barcelona – The Lionel Messi Fall that Silenced a Stadium
The Camp Nou was far from full in a match that meant nothing to Barcelona, but turned out to be quite costly. Tito Vilanova didn’t start Lionel Messi, which was understandable considering the first place in the group was already a certainty. For some reason, he threw his biggest star into a meaningless match, and paid for it with a minor scare.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Scores More Than Entire Teams
The scoring machine that is Lionel Messi never ceases to amaze when new numbers and recognition as to how great his achievements are keep coming out. The Barcelona star has scored 21 goals so far this season in 14 matches; that puts him above 44 teams in the top 4 leagues of Europe up to this point. The list will probably be longer at the end of the season.
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December’s Top Scorers in Europe’s Top Leagues
The list of the top scorers around the best leagues of Europe, as we approach the midway point of the season, consists of some expected names, along with a few surprising ones. While seeing Lionel Messi chased by Cristiano Ronaldo in Spain, Robin van Persie battling with Luis Suarez in England and Zlatan Ibrahimovic leading the charts in France, there are also Michu and Stephan El Shaarawy breaking through.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & Andres Iniesta Show Who’s Best
Business as usual at the Camp Nou; Barcelona reaching 40 from 42 possible points with the best start in the history of the La Liga; Lionel Messi being as clinical in front of goal as ever, now needing only two goals to set a new scoring record; and Andres Iniesta, showing with everything but goals why he is in the award consideration.
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FIFA Ballon d’Or – Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Andres Iniesta
No real surprise in the final, three-man shortlist FIFA have released regarding the potential winner of the 2012 Ballon d’Or award: Either Andres Iniesta, already the UEFA player of the year recipient and Lionel Messi from Barcelona or Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.