Tag: FC Barcelona

  • Messi vs Ronaldo – Until One of Them Starts Slowing Down

    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.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi is More Than Just Goals

    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.

  • Lionel Messi, All 86 Goals in 2012

    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.

  • FC Barcelona – The Victory of Lionel Messi, the Loss of Cesc Fabregas

    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.

  • FC Barcelona – The Lionel Messi Fall that Silenced a Stadium

    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.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Scores More Than Entire Teams

    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.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & Andres Iniesta Show Who’s Best

    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.

  • English Premier League vs Spanish La Liga Football

    What is “Real football?” The success of Barcelona and the Spanish national team over the last four-five years has made many people believe that anything that isn’t a short-passing, attractive style of football is an inferior way to play the game. Michu, Swansea’s Spanish star, proves that school of thought in a recent interview.

  • New (And Very Sexy) 2013 Barcelona Calendar

    New (And Very Sexy) 2013 Barcelona Calendar

    Few things make men tick like football does, unless it’s women in less than appropriate clothing. So, throw in two quite easy on the eyes ladies with a football team that is pretty much the biggest trend in the world right now, and you have yourself a perfect calendar (for Barcelona fans) mixing the two most important things in the world.

  • Pep Guardiola – Brazil Don’t Want Him; Everyone Else Does

    Pep Guardiola – Brazil Don’t Want Him; Everyone Else Does

    According to a lot of rumors floating around this past week, Pep Guardiola was going to become the next Brazil manager, and forget about all the club options he has from Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, AC Milan and Bayern Munich.