In Thursday’s Europa League match vs. Lyon, Tottenham’s Gareth Bale unleashed this dipping free kick over the wall and under the keeper: In Saturday’s La Liga match vs. Grenada, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi got all free-kick fancy bending this strike through…
And the greatest player in earth history didn’t seem to even flinch. Even during matches in which he doesn’t score a goal, Lionel Messi can’t get got.
When you’re the best futbol player on earth now, and possibly ever, trophies probably don’t mean all that much. But if they do, Lionel Messi is as happy as can be since he won the piece of hardware that signifies…
Programming Note: “Many soccer fans believe that Barcelona’s professional team is the best there is. Some even think it’s the best collection of players ever assembled in the sport’s 150 year history. Bob Simon profiles the Spanish “football” club and…
Yeah, yeah, I know, I posted a video of the first 86 of these earlier in December. But you know what, this is for the historical record and when it comes to Messi, the historical record need be accurate. So…
This is 10 minutes and 36 seconds of futbol heaven. Thing is, there’ll be some more before the start of ’13. Oh, No. 62’s my favorite, if such a thing can be deemed. No. 56 is pretty boss, too.
Bravo, Leo, a truly remarkable talent. From the Guardian… TOO EASY, YET NOT EASY AT ALL! GOOOOOAAAL DO MESSINGTON! Real Betis 0-2 Barcelona (Messi 25) This is just vomitously good. Adriano breaks down the right and comes infield, moving the…
This is just horrendous. Lionel Messi was substituted into a meaningless Champions League match vs. Benfica on Wednesday and, as he broke free to possibly score what could’ve tied the all-time calendar-year goals record (Gerd Muller, 85, 1972), he went…
Seeing Lionel Messi with a gun pointed at his face makes me as uncomfortable as seeing a gun pointed at my face. Please, Argentina, make other arrangements than away games in Saudi Arabia, for everybody’s sake.
Lionel Messi, the best soccer player in the history of feet, scored his 75th and 76th goals of 2012 yesterday vs. Mallorca in La Liga play. In doing so, he broke a record held by Pele, an old coot who…
