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Lionel Messi Breaks Telmo Zarra’s La Liga All-Time Goalscoring Record
It was only a matter of time before Lionel Messi was finally crowned as the greatest scorer in the history of the Spanish La Liga, reaching 253 league goals with a hat trick in a 5-1 win for Barcelona over Sevilla, leaving the record of Telmo Zarra behind.
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Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo & Other Footballers in a 70’s Makeover
Mullets and mustaches seem to be the most recognizable features of footballers in the 1970’s. That’s the concept behind the nice art project, picturing Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and other star footballers as they would have looked like in the 1970’s.
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Kolo Toure Helps Lionel Messi by Stopping Cristiano Ronaldo
No one though Kolo Toure would play for Liverpool this season. But he couldn’t find a team. Instead, the aging and heavily criticized centre back put in a fantastic performance, doing very well against the vastly superior Cristiano Ronaldo, leaving Lionel Messi the chance to be the one that breaks the Champions League goal scoring record currently held by Raul.
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21 Best Memes of Barcelona Losing to Real Madrid in El Clasico
The first Clasico of the season is out of the way, with Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo owning the bragging rights thanks to a win over Barcelona, not doing a lot after their early goal, with Lionel Messi putting in his weakest performance of the season.
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El Clasico – Must Know Numbers About Real Madrid vs Barcelona
One of the highlights of every football season, regardless of how both clubs are doing. When Barcelona and Real Madrid clash, it always means something and world stands still. Bigger than just Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, some of the numbers in this rivalry help explain what’s so great about it and what is at stake.
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Cristiano Ronaldo on the Verge of Making More Goalscoring History
It always seemed like Lionel Messi was going to be the one that will break the Champions League scoring record currently held by Raul, but the player who’ll probably be crossing that threshold first will be Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the Best Scorer in the World, Lionel Messi the Best Player
Winning the Ballon d’Or last year hasn’t made Cristiano Ronaldo the best footballer in the world. It’s hard to argue with numbers: He is scoring at a scary ratio and is doing it better than anyone else right now. But the best player? That’s Lionel Messi, even without the same number of goals.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Learns How to Make Neymar Better
At some point, it had to happen. In order for Neymar and later Luis Suarez to succeed as scoring forwards in the Barcelona front, Lionel Messi had to start changing the way he plays. It might mean we’ll see him score less, but for such an incredible passer and intelligent player, suddenly playing in a different role isn’t that much of a problem.
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Lionel Messi – Impossible to Name Kids After Him in Rosario
Messi doesn’t sound like the best of first names. It’s actually become quite popular when it comes to naming dogs where I come from. Back to the point, Lionel Messi is so big that people are naming some of their kids after his last name. In the city of Rosario in Argentina, his hometown, it’s now prohibited to name a child after the best footballer in the world.
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The Problem of Having Lionel Messi
Is Lionel Messi actually making his teams, Barcelona and Argentina from time to time, worse, by simply being out there on the pitch? Is he so good that he hurts the flow of the game? Not necessarily, but there are times that make you wonder about the necessity of such a big star and the downside of having someone so good, who knows he is that good, on your team.