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Lionel Messi – A Birthday Boy With Only One Thing Left to Get
As Lionel Messi turns 26, and from a Peter-Panish forever child he becomes, in front of out eyes, an actual adult, once again the only thing missing from his incredible long list of achievements pops to mind – winning the World Cup with Argentina, so the argument over the best footballer of all time might finally be decided.
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Neymar With a Magic Goal & Assist Hides a Boring Match (Brazil vs Mexico)
Once again, Brazil were far from impressive in both their defending and composure on attack, but their big star, Neymar, showed once again the kind of quality he has, with another fantastic volley goal in the 9th minute and a magical assist in the final minute, giving Jo another garbage time goal to sink Mexico out of the Confederations Cup.
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Brazil – Neymar Couldn’t Have Wished For a Better Start
Neymar scored a fantastic opening goal as Brazil avoided any trouble in their Confederations Cup opener, and despite the usual critiquing expecting the Selecao to play some version of sublime football, compared to the road leading up to the tournament, they couldn’t have gotten something better.
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Neymar Scores the Perfect Goal to Kick Off Confederations Cup (Brazil vs Japan)
Brazil enjoyed a comfortable opening-match to the confederations cup, beating Japan 3-0 with a wonderful opening goal from Neymar, followed by second half strikes from Paulinho and a quality finisher from Jo, making it look like their performance was a lot more brilliant than it really was.
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Neymar Needs to be The Star of the Confederations Cup
The first stage of making Neymar the biggest footballing star in the world is completed with his move to Barcelona. The next one is fulfilling his potential with the Brazilian national team, aiming to win the world cup on their home soil, hoping that the Confederations Cup will be a way to get out of the downward spiral they’ve entered.
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Lionel Messi Needs to Both Help and Then Beat Neymar
It’s hard to imagine Lionel Messi being any better, doing any more, on the pitch than he already has over the last few seasons. Yet in 2013-2014, he’ll face two very different tests, with both Barcelona and Argentina, and both of them have to do with Neymar, in one way or the other.
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Andres Iniesta Will be the Most Important in the Lionel Messi – Neymar Era
Next season, some of these conclusions will start being answered. The most interesting of them? Not seeing Neymar playing next to Lionel Messi, as mouth-watering as that prospect sounds. It’ll be exciting to watch, or at least wait for, but the most important change Barcelona have to look forward to is Andres Iniesta, the European footballer of the year not too long ago, moving more and more to the middle, and slowly pushing Xavi out of the lineup.
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Neymar Films Final Santos Training With Camera on His Head
Before leaving Santos for Barcelona, Neymar decided to have a little fun on his final training session with the club and now former teammates, strapping a camera to his head and filming the entire practice, already releasing something of a teaser trailer.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & Neymar Might Not Even Work
It’s hard to believe that Neymar doesn’t know what he’s walking into. After being the biggest star on Santos and in Brazil, he’s going to have to learn playing as someone of a lesser stature for Barcelona, as Lionel Messi is undoubtedly the sole player above anyone else at the club.
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Neymar Crying as He Says Goodbye to Santos and Heads to Barcelona
Neymar has played his final match for Santos (for now…), and couldn’t hold back the tears in the 0-0 draw with Flamengo before heading over to Spain and play with Barcelona.