Articles tagged with "lionel-messi"

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Ballon d'Or Point Totals Make Franck Ribery Unhappy.

By chris | December 3rd, 2008

The Ballon d'Or is nothing if not a lightning rod for controversy and year-long verbal sparring matches with inflatable gloves. Yes, some deserving players win ...

Copa Round of 16 draw: Atlético Madrid - Barça

By Isaiah | December 1st, 2008

The draw for the Copa del Rey round of 16 occurred today and Barcelona drew Atlético Madrid, with Barcelona as home team. That means the ...



CL Preview: Sporting CP - Barça; Wednesday 2:45pmEST, ESPN Deportes

By Isaiah | November 25th, 2008

It's the Champions League again, this time on Matchday 5 against Sporting CP. I get out of work early, so I'll be planted on the ...

Spanish Segunda B: The Best Lower League In Europe.

By chris | November 12th, 2008

Let's omit the small talk and just get down to brass tacks: Real Madrid: Knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Segunda B side (third ...

Where We Stand: 100 Games Down

By Isaiah | November 10th, 2008

Before we get started, here's a little bit of site news: the Barça Offside page improved its record number of visits in a single month ...

The Ballon d'Or: Ronaldo or Messi?

By Ale | November 10th, 2008

Thierry Henry's verbal fellating of Lionel Messi got me thinking... does Ronaldo really deserve the Ballon d'Or this year? I figured he had it locked ...

Offside Rewind: Links Only A Mother Could Love.

By chris | November 7th, 2008

Discussing Stevie G's "penalty". Strange yellow cards in Croatia and Brazil. David Beckham's MLS career could be over sooner than people thought. But even without His GoldenNuggets, ...

Lionel Messi Now Starring In Spitgate

By chris | November 3rd, 2008

Sweet little Lionel Messi's reputation is in a spot of trouble. Late in this weekend's 4-1 win over Malaga, Messi was roaming around and bumped ...

Preview: Barça - Almería, Saturday 4pm EST, GolTV

By Isaiah | October 24th, 2008

Translation: Pep Guardiola: Three points in the bag...and on top of that I didn't have to use the "easy way". The sign on Messi reads: Use only ...

FC Basel - Barça Preview: Wednesday 2:45pmEST, ESPNDep

By Isaiah | October 21st, 2008

We're back to the Champions League once again, this time for a trip to Basel, Switzerland. There's a lot to discuss, so let's start with ...

Preview: Athletic - Barcelona, Sunday 1pm EST, GolTV

By Isaiah | October 18th, 2008

Well, I'm back, so my previews are also back. Yay. Just remember, my record is 100% in terms of predictions,* so you can trust me ...

Lionel Messi: 5 Year Old Genius

By chris | October 16th, 2008

Pardon us if this is old, but it's an international travel day and we've taken to combing YouTube, where we found this little gem of ...



YouTube Friday: Luciana Salazar

By Horoné de Balzac | October 10th, 2008

She and her giant personality may or may not be currently enjoying a long distance relationship with The Messiah.

Statement Games: Barca Roll Six; Zenit Go Two Better.

By chris | October 5th, 2008

Two clubs who put up vastly different performances and perhaps equally undeserved results in the Champions League walked out of their domestic fixtures with "Well ...

10 Things We Learned From Champions League Matchday 2

By chris | October 2nd, 2008

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than ...

Preview: Sporting Gijon - Barça, Sunday 3pmEST

By Isaiah | September 20th, 2008

So the next game is nearly upon us and it's another Sporting, this time Sporting Gijon of Asturias. The lineup will, as always, look different ...

Champions League Fantasy Football Roundup

By Rob | September 19th, 2008

Week one of the Champions League, and week one of the fantasy football is finished. It wasn't such a good week for me, i currently ...

Super Kun Takes Eindhoven

By chris | September 16th, 2008

As good as he's been, this could finally be Kun Aguero's "breakout" year. Freshly 20, he was the third leading scorer in La Liga last ...

Champions League: Barça - Sporting CP, Tuesday 2:45pmEST

By Isaiah | September 15th, 2008

The Champions League group stage is back! There is always a different feel to the Champions League games and this one is no different. It's ...

Preview: Barcelona - Racing Santander: Saturday 2pmEST

By Isaiah | September 12th, 2008

La Liga returns with a serious test for Barça in week 2. It may sound over-dramatic to say that second match of a season is ...

Happy Birthday, Bojan!

By Isaiah | August 28th, 2008

The little one is now 18 and he's a full grown man. In my country, that means he can legally vote, buy cigarettes, go to ...

An Ode To Hyperbole

By chris | August 7th, 2008

Andrei Arshavin, like Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafinha and Lionel Messi (since freed by his captors), is a slave. Held against his will by his rich vodka-drinking ...

The CAS rules against the AFA; Messi to return to Barça?

By Isaiah | August 6th, 2008

Before I do a quick preview of the Red Bulls game, here is some stuff to mull over. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS in ...

Nightmarish Words for Barca Fans

By chris | July 4th, 2008

"Having said that, clearly playing in Italy is the dream of every player, including my son. "Seeing as nobody knows what will happen in the future, ...

The First Annual Readers Champions League XI - REVEALED!

By Rob | May 17th, 2008

All week, we've literally recieved tens of votes, as we opened up the question to you, who has been this season's best players in the ...

Poll: Messiah Or Cristiano Ronaldo?

By chris | May 16th, 2008

Joe Cole made a statement the other day which brings up an important question: Who would you rather have, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Joe ...

Day 4 of the Readers CL XI - Wingers

By Rob | May 11th, 2008

All wekk we've been giving you the chance to vote in your CL team of the season. On paper this might be the most one ...

Photo of the Day: Upended

By Laurie | May 8th, 2008

"Upended" is a not a bad description here, both for what's happening to Leo Messi in the photo and for what Real Madrid did to ...

Step away from the Bridge

By Matt | May 8th, 2008

As the summer quickly approaches, the EPL tends to become a bit like a middle school cafeteria in it's propagation of nasty ...

El Clásico!

By Isaiah | May 6th, 2008

I know that the rumors about who is leaving and who is arriving are flying thick and fast from all over the world (should we ...

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