Articles tagged with "lionel-messi"
Unthinkable Words: We Want More Liverpool v Chelsea
By chris | April 14th, 2009The games had been compared to the most insipid events on Buddha's green earth: paint drying, grass growing and Rangers' UEFA Cup run last year. ...
Lionel Messi: Everybody Look Up
By Amanda Leerat | April 11th, 2009It is probably illegal to engage in bulge-watching with a player this young. So stop looking already. (Nice -- um -- haircut, Leo.) ...
CL Preview: Barça - Bayern Munich, Wednesday 2:45pmEST, ESPNDeportes
By Isaiah | April 7th, 2009Bayern, meet The Yaya. The Yaya, meet Bayern. Go to war. Sweet baby Jesus we have our Destroyer back in midfield thanks to recovery from injury/return ...
Video: Maxi and Kun Handle Business
By Al | March 29th, 2009Along with Leo Messi of course. I'm not an albiceleste but it's an absolute joy to watch football this pretty.
Barcelona: The Picture of Team Football.
By chris | March 18th, 2009They're brilliant. Everybody knows it. You know, I know it, they know it. As far as slick, ball on the floor footballing goes, they have ...
Daily Dose: March 11th, 2009.
By chris | March 11th, 2009Stuff to read while you enjoy a 'simple' goal from the best player in the world..... The story behind Adrian Ilie's attempted comeback. (SoccerLens) Iker deserved, and ...
Atlético 4, Barça 3, a.k.a. "asdjkf NO WAY!"
By Al | March 1st, 2009Now it's MY turn to write one of these posts. If you can't stomach the rambling of an excessively excited Atlético fan, then click on ...
Oh. Hi, Barcelona.
By Al | February 28th, 2009I'm not excited to see Atlético face Barcelona any more, to be quite honest. This is the final showdown against FC Barcelona this season, unless ...
Lyon 1 - 1 Barca: I'm Not Giving Up Hope, Dammit
By Inara | February 24th, 2009I'll keep this pretty short since almost everything that needed to be said has been discussed in the comments of the previous post. Here are ...
Saturday Junk Pile: And then Totti Said to Mexès...
By Laurie | February 14th, 2009A few of the things that made me smile this week, but which weren't big enough for an entire post: That was when Francesco realized, ...
Soundoff: We're Giving You A Blank Check
By chris | February 13th, 2009We've just been bought out by Dubai. Or Bill Gates. Or the United States government just stimulated us. And we're buying a football team. Something ...
Fan Voted UEFA Team of the Year Announced
By chris | January 22nd, 2009Surely millions of fanboys and fangirls couldn't have shown half a noggin? Surely not. Surely there was lots of bickering between who has the better ...
Copa Preview: Espanyol - Barça, 4pmEST
By Isaiah | January 20th, 2009My brain, right now: "Copaderbicopaderbicopaderbicopaderbicopaderbicopaderbicopaderbi," breath, "Copaderbicopaderbicopaderbicopaderbicopaderbi." I'm going to get so pump for this game, be unable to watch it on GolTV thanks to ...
Barcelona Explodes, Titi Gets a Header, and Ray Hudson Offers Pearls of Wisdom
By Laurie | January 17th, 2009So today I get the following email from my co-blogger Chris: Weekend Post Barca are now the best team ever through half a season ...
Copa: Barça - Atleti, Wednesday 4pmEST, GolTV
By Isaiah | January 13th, 2009Copa del Rey, leg two, in the Camp Nou. Barça enters with a 3-1 lead after Messi's gorgeous hat trick last Tuesday. Despite the obvious ...
Daily Dose: January 12th, 2009.
By chris | January 12th, 2009Stuff to read while you watch Franck Ribery steal the Bayern team bus...... Mardona is a ManU spy. (Unprofessional Foul) The good and bad from the weekend ...
Watch The FIFA World Player of the Year Gala Live
By chris | January 12th, 2009The five final candidates - Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xavi & Fernando Torres - are in Zurich for the FIFA World Player of the ...
Daily Dose: January 7th, 2009.
By chris | January 7th, 2009Stuff to read while you perfect the art of getting on a chair lift..... Dean Windass does his transfer negotiations on the internets. (SoccerLens) Giovani Dos Santos: ...
The Reason We Have a "Freaking Adorable" Tag
By Lotte Cox | January 7th, 2009Messi and Bojan: So young and precious, they celebrate by holding hands. (Click to super-size.) Awwwwwwww!
A Lesson Not Learned
By al | January 7th, 2009We're out of the Copa del Rey. On paper we really aren't, but we're done. Simple as that. Two times in a row we lose to ...
Lionel Messi Gets A Standing Ovation.
By chris | January 7th, 2009"Magnificent", rang out Barcelona's Pep Guardiola after his pint-sized Argentine had run around, over and through the Atletico defense. "Extraordinary", sighed Javier Aguirre after the ...
Copa Preview: Atleti - Barça, Tuesday 2pmEST, GolTV
By Isaiah | January 5th, 2009We're back to the Copa del Rey with the Round of 16 (octavos de final) and that means a trip to Madrid on Three Kings ...
L'Equipe Names Best XI of 2008
By chris | December 29th, 2008Although less a "Best of XI" and more a "Best of Barca, Spain & ManU". As is the case with so many year-end top whatever ...
Offside Rewind: Like You Mean It.
By chris | December 19th, 2008This could be the end of Barclay's... So we pick our replacements. The business side of unleashed. Marco Borriello's fascinations with GoldenMcNuggets' cannoli. Why English women have dirty genitalia. Who ...
The Real Madrid Hack-A-Messi Show.
By chris | December 16th, 2008Anyone who watched El Clasico this weekend saw three major things: i. Barcelona is just that good. When Real Madrid - Real #$%&ing Madrid - is ...
Barcelona Take El Clásico
By chris | December 13th, 2008Barca 2 - Real 0 Real Madrid deserve kudos for their efforts, but this one was simply too much Barcelona. At one point late in the ...
El Clásico: Saturday 4pm, GolTV
By Isaiah | December 12th, 2008It's upon us once again. El Clásico. A match that stirs our deepest emotions, both the good and the bad. The silliness which has taken ...
10 Things We Learned From The Champions League Group Stages
By chris | December 11th, 2008It's Barcelona's to lose. Even the four one seeds teams who find themselves as potential opponents (Chelsea, Arsenal, Lyon & Inter - and they're Barca's only ...
Ballon d'Or Point Totals Make Franck Ribery Unhappy.
By chris | December 3rd, 2008The 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, 2008The draw for the Copa del Rey round of 16 occurred today and Barcelona drew Atlético Madrid, with Barcelona as home team. That means the ...
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