Lionel Messi

Why Does Argentina’s Beautiful Disaster Worry Me?

by Paul Bestall on June 3, 2010 · 2 comments

So they almost didn’t make it, but in the end won the last two games to make sure they would be part of the World Cup party. It all came down to the final match to get through though. They had to win in Mon­te­v­ideo for the first time in 33 years to make sure […]

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TV Advert Starring Henry, Messi, Lampard, Drogba, Arshavin and Kaka">Pepsi World Cup TV Advert Starring Henry, Messi, Lampard, Drogba, Arshavin and Kaka

by The Gaffer on March 2, 2010 · 5 comments

Pepsi has unveiled one of their new TV adverts for the 2010 World Cup which star Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Frank Lam­pard, Didier Drogba, Andrei Arshavin and Kaka. Sit back and enjoy the video.

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Messi in line for double scoop

by Gareth Freeman on October 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Argen­tine ace and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has had quite a year.  After lead­ing Barcelona to an unprece­dented tre­ble in the Cham­pi­ons League, La Liga and Copa del Ray he is now up for both the Bal­lon d’Or (Euro­pean foot­baller of the year) and the equally pres­ti­gious FIFA World Player of the Year. Last year Messi […]

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& Ronaldo?">Was Blatter Right About Messi & Ronaldo?

by Rami Soufi on October 29, 2009 · 1 comment

Now that Argentina has qual­i­fied to the World Cup ensur­ing the pres­ence of star player Lionel Messi, bar­ring any injury or out­landish suspension,  how does one eval­u­ate the com­ments made by FIFA Pres­i­dent Sepp Blat­ter? Prior to the deci­sive qual­i­fiers which yielded  Argentina’s qual­i­fi­ca­tion to South Africa as well as Portugal’s oppor­tu­nity to do so through a  two-legged play­off clash […]

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Which Team Will Win the 2010 World Cup ?

by Rami Soufi on October 16, 2009 · 1,122 comments

Most of the heavy favourites have already qual­i­fied for the World Cup due next sum­mer in South Africa. Previous World Cup win­ners such as Brazil, Ger­many, Eng­land, Argentina and Italy (also cur­rent WC Win­ners) all booked their spot in South Africa fol­low­ing a long and ardu­ous road. Some teams such as Argentina have strug­gled while oth­ers such as Eng­land have cruised, […]

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