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La Liga Table Without Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi
How huge were Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi this season for Real Madrid and Barcelona? It’s not just about the 96 combined league goals the two provided their teams with. It’s not just the 27 additional assists. Above the statistics, it’s about what they meant in wins and points.
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Messi Sets 50 Goal Mark & Guardiola Gets His Camp Nou Farewell
Lionel Messi scoring 4 goals for the third time this season, taking his league tally to 50(!!!) goals and his overall production to 72 (!!!!) wasn’t even the biggest thing about Barcelona’s 4-0 derby win over Espanyol. Pep Guardiola saying his temporary goodbye to the Camp Nou after the win stole the show.
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Lionel Messi Sets Record For Goals in a Single Season
Lionel Messi won’t win another league title or Champions League trophy with Barcelona this season, but it seems he’s closing in on the Pichichi, meanwhile setting a new record for goals scored in a single European season, reaching 68 goals in all competition after his hat trick in the 4-1 win over Malaga.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – The Only Race Still Not Over
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo chasing another Pichichi title is pretty much the only thing still remaining for the two Clasico rivals. Barcelona did beat Rayo Vallecano 7-0, staying 7 points behind Real Madrid, who beat Sevilla 3-0. With three matches and nine points left in the bank, there’s not much meat left in the La Liga title race.
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Aftermath of the Barcelona – Chelsea Semi Final
Lionel Messi was the tragic figure on the Camp Nou pitch, while Fernando Torres was the heroic figure, maybe even redeemed. A sense of an end engulfed the stadium once again, with Guardiola’s future filled with question marks, while Chelsea and Di Matteo have problems of their own to deal with once the celebrations are over.
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Fernando Torres as the Winner, Lionel Messi as the Loser (Barcelona vs Chelsea)
Lionel Messi couldn’t score against Chelsea and Petr Cech once again. Barcelona got stung by a team that did nothing but defend and strike back exactly twice, exactly enough. Fernando Torres saw Barca colors, and remembered how to score. An incredible night, incredible Semi Final. Somehow, against all odds, Chelsea drew 2-2 at the Camp Nou and are back in the Champions League Final with a 3-2 aggregate score.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Never Had a Big Game Problem
How important was it for Cristiano Ronaldo to score that winning goal for Real Madrid in the Clasico? To finally slay the Barcelona beast at the Camp Nou? It’s not like the Portougese star needed any more confidence boosts. He’s had enough of them throughout his career.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – Another Clasico to Determine Who’s Better
Lionel Messi of Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. Of the million reasons to watch the Clasico between the two best teams in Europe this season, there’s always that one reason in the heart of it. Not the historic rivalry, well not now at least. Watching the two best players in the world, two of the greatest in history, as another chapter of this unintentional rivalry unfold.
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Barcelona vs Real Madrid – The Champions League Sandwich Clasico
Lionel Messi didn’t score against Chelsea. Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t score against Bayern. Incredible. Even more incredible? Both teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid, will be heading into the Clasico after defeats. Not league defeats, don’t be funny. Champions League. Still, it adds another dimension of pressure and urgency to the match. Especially for Barca.
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Highest Paid Footballers in the World For 2012
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic,Samuel Eto’o and the Manchester City gang might enjoy the highest salaries in the soccer world, but when it comes to overall earnings, David Beckham, who has been playing in the MLS since 2007, is still the king.