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BARCELONA, SPAIN – JANUARY 17: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona holds up the FIFA Ballon d’Or trophy prior to the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club de Bilbao at Camp Nou on January 17, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Who would win a non Cristiano Ronaldo-Lionel Messi Ballon d’Or award?

0 comments by on 12/13/2016

The Ballon d’Or started out as an award given out by French Football to the best European player in football. In 1995, that changed to include all players playing for European clubs and in 2007, all players around the world were included. From 2010-2015 the award was merged with FIFA’s Player of the Year award […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 12: FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees Lionel Messi of Argentina and FC Barcelona (L) and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid smile during the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus on January 12, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Messi and Ronaldo: A brief history of one of the great sporting rivalries

0 comments by on 12/2/2016

This weekend is El Clasico, the biggest league match in Spain, and probably Europe. As always, the focus will be around the two generational talents that are the faces of their clubs. The two men are among the greatest that have ever played the game, and their history together has been well documented. We take […]

Watch: Messi completes his hat trick as Barcelona rout Celtic

0 comments by on 9/13/2016

Celtic are a team that are capable not only of being exciting to watch but also punching above their weight class, when they play at home. When they travel away from Celtic Park, especially in the UEFA Champions League, to Camp Nou of all places it doesn’t usually end well for them. They did a […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 13: Lionel Messi of Barcelona celebrates scoring his sides first goal with Neymar of Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League Group C match between FC Barcelona and Celtic FC at Camp Nou on September 13, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Watch: Celtic misses penalty and Messi immediately makes them pay

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I don’t think anyone was surprised when it took Lionel Messi less then three minutes to open his Champions League scoring account at home to Celtic. What may have surprised people was that Celtic didn’t immediately melt away like many expected them to. Instead they hung in there giving Barcelona a match. 20 minutes later […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 24: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona looks on during the UEFA Champions League Group E match between FC Barcelona and AS Roma at Camp Nou stadium on November 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Lionel Messi and father sentenced to 21 months in prison…will not serve time

0 comments by on 7/6/2016

Barcelona great and recently retired Argentina player Lionel Messi and his father have each been sentenced to 21 months in prison and issued a fine for tax fraud. But because of Spanish law, the sentences have been suspended and neither will serve time in prison. The Messi’s were initially investigated due to putting money in tax havens […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – JUNE 26: Lionel Messi #10 of Argentina looks on before the game winning penalty kick is made during the Copa America Centenario Championship match at MetLife Stadium on June 26, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Chile defeated Argentina 4-2 in penalty kicks. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Argentina’s mass retirement a signal to AFA to clean itself up

0 comments by on 6/27/2016

Argentinian soccer and the Argentinian Football Association have long been the subject of claims of mass corruption off the field. On the field, it has been all sorts of heartbreak for one of the most talented generations to never win a major title. Following a fourth major tournament final loss in a row, the biggest […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – JUNE 26: Lionel Messi #10 of Argentina reacts after he missed a penalty kick against Chile during the Copa America Centenario Championship match at MetLife Stadium on June 26, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Chile defeated Argentina 0-0 with the 4-2 win in the shootout. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

BREAKING: Lionel Messi retires from Argentine National Team

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After leading his team to the Copa America final, missing the first penalty for Argentina and having lost to Chile in penalty kicks for the second consecutive year, Lionel Messi has decided to retire from the Argentine national team. “It’s over. My time with the national team is done. We’ve been to four finals and […]

CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 10: Roderick Miller #5 of Panama knocks the ball away from Nicolas Gaitan #20 of Argentina during a match in the 2016 Copa America Centenario at Soldier Field on June 10, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Lionel Messi has made his presence known in day 8 of Copa America

0 comments by on 6/11/2016

The triumphant return of Lionel Messi, some great free kick goals and a controversial handball call caps off what was match day eight in the Copa America. 1) Biggest Winner: Whoever Attended the Argentina/Panama Game in Person Seriously, I mean what a performance by Lionel Messi and in such a short time frame as well. […]

HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 04: Lionel Messi #10 of Argentina walks across the field during their International friendly match against Bolivia at BBVA Compass Stadium on September 4, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Group D of the Copa America Centenario shouldn’t have many surprises

0 comments by on 6/3/2016

Two of the best three teams on the planet (according to the sometimes dubious FIFA rankings) will share Group D at the Copa America Centenario this month. Argentina, the 14-time champion of South America, and Chile, the most recent Copa America winners, seem destined to fight for first place while Panama and Bolivia look to […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 23: Lionel Messi of Barcelona celebrates scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match between Arsenal and Barcelona on February 23, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

WATCH: Neymar connects with Messi as Barcelona take lead against Arsenal

0 comments by on 2/23/2016

For 71 minutes, Arsenal was disciplined and bunkered down on defense to really make it tough for Barcelona to even just get a shot off. Arsenal didn’t even allow a shot on target from Barcelona in the first half, which is an achievement in itself. But alas, it’s a 90 minute game and the one […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 24: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League Group E match between FC Barcelona and AS Roma at Camp Nou stadium on November 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Lionel Messi scores brilliant free kick goal from deep

0 comments by on 12/12/2015

If there weren’t any other reason to vote for Lionel Messi for the Ballon d’Or, Messi added another reason with this long range free kick that curved into the top right corner of the goal. Going against Deportivo La Coruna, Barcelona was denied the goal for far longer than they probably expected to. But in […]

<> at Camp Nou on November 28, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.

FIFA announces finalists for Ballon d’Or, other awards

0 comments by on 11/30/2015

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are the three finalists for the Ballon d’Or trophy, FIFA announced today. Ronaldo has won the award, given each year to the world’s best player, for the past two seasons. Messi won it for four straight years before that. Those awards, and a few others, will be given out […]

VIDEO: He’s back, Lionel Messi scores goal in first start back from injury

0 comments by on 11/24/2015

It took 18 minutes today and a disallowed goal that should’ve counted but Lionel Messi is now officially back, scoring in his first start after being back from a knee injury. Messi put Barcelona up to a 2-0 lead against Roma in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Barcelona has been routinely attempting throughballs over […]

PIC: Lionel Messi hates mornings, he’s just like us

0 comments by on 10/14/2015

Lionel Messi received a great gift from Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez that will cause him to be able to express his disgust with mornings like everybody else. Messi took to Instagram to thank Suarez for his gift, a Grumpy pajama set, as he’s getting over his knee injury. Gracias a mi amigo @luissuarez9 por el […]

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