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  • Barcelona Plans Will Ruin European Football

    There was football before Barcelona became such a trendy team, more than a team actually. Before everything Messi did was compared to everyone else great around and before. Megalomania doesn’t befit anyone, and those who belive they’re greater than the game shall fall, eventually.

  • The Best Way to Compare Messi and Ronaldo in 2011

    Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are pretty even when it comes to statistical comparisons, with both players scoring 53 goals last season. Titles? That’s a different story.

  • Not a Joke – Jose Mourinho Wins Coach of the Year in Spain

    Being a Madrid and Real Madrid biased newspaper is one thing, but actually giving Jose Mourinho the Miguel Muñoz award, establishing, at least to its readers, online and on actual paper, that he was the best head coach in the La Liga for the 2010-2011 season is an absolute joke.

  • Barcelona, Lionel Messi and the Goals that Just Don’t Stop

    Lionel Messi scored twice, reaching 39 career Champions League goals, leading Barcelona to another 5-0 thrashing, their third so early in the season, this time over BATE Borisov, making it 20 goals scored in their last four matches, conceding only twice.

  • Messi Answers Ronaldo with a Hat Trick (Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid)

    Barcelona had no problems with an aspiring but clearly unprepared Atletico Madrid side, beating the visitors 5-0 at the Nou Camp with Lionel Messi providing another vintage performance, scoring a brilliant hat-trick.

  • Messi and Friends Stunned by Late Equalizer (Barcelona vs Milan)

    Alexandre Pato opened the scoring and Thiago Silva ended it, ending the Barcelona – AC Milan Super Clash in a 2-2 draw. In between? A lot of Barcelona possession, a bit of Lionel Messi (assist) and one wonderful David Villa free kick.

  • Real Madrid vs Barcelona Title Race, Week 2

    Took only two weeks for the first of the two Spanish giants to drop points – It was Barcelona, who managed to squander a comfortable 2-0 away lead against Real Sociedad to a 2-2 finish. Meanwhile, in Madrid, Getafe didn’t make it easy for Jose Mourinho’s side, but Real were too good, as expected, en route to a 4-2 victory.

  • Barcelona vs Real Madrid Title Race, Week 1

    The Spanish La Liga opened, finally, this weekend. It’s going to be a two horse raise, as usual, between the champions for the last three seasons, Barcelona, and Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid. Both teams’ opening matches were a festival of goals and weak opposition, also foreshadowing the pichichi firing shot, with Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo starting strong.

  • More Lionel Messi and a Touch of Fabregas (Barcelona vs FC Porto)

    The unofficial opener to the season, the European Super Cup, was dominated, and won by – Barcelona (2-0). Who else? The Midas touch continued for Barcelona and Guardiola, mostly thanks to Lionel Messi, who scored the opener (with a lot of luck) and brilliantly set up the second goal, Cesc Fabregas debut goal for the club. Porto weren’t much of an opposition.

  • As if Lionel Messi Needed Another Award

    Hey, when you give out an award for a first time, the UEFA Best Player in Europe award, given to a footballer playing for a football club in Europe that was better than the rest in the previous season, you better get it right. Lionel Messi, to the joy of most of the world, was the right choice.