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Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal justifying Lionel Messi comparisons

by Jacque Talbot at Wednesday, Sep 25 2024 08:42
Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal justifying Lionel Messi comparisons The New Messi. It's a phrase we have often heard, but perhaps this Lamine Yamal is the real deal. Playing for Barcelona, being left-footed but coming in off the right, some of the comparisons are obvious.But Yamal is more emblematic of Messi than that. The 17-year-old is setting the world alight. Th...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2024 success further proves Yamal is the heir to Messi's crown

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 15 2024 13:48
Euro 2024 success further proves Yamal is the heir to Messi's crown To his credit, Luke Shaw kept Lamine Yamal at bay in the first half of Sunday's Euro 2024 final. Thrown in for his first start since February, Shaw didn't put a foot wrong as England held Spain for the opening 45 minutes. However, a lack of match fitness proved telling shortly after the restart.Whil...
Categories: Euro 2024

Assessing Lionel Messi's record-breaking MLS performance for Inter Miami

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, May 5 2024 11:12
Assessing Lionel Messi's record-breaking MLS performance for Inter Miami With a fully fit and firing Lionel Messi, it's no wonder Inter Miami find themselves top of the Eastern Confernce after 12 games. Gerardo Martino's side have sought to sign the best of the ex-Barcelona bunch in recent months, with Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets all joining the Argentine...
Categories: Player Focus

The stats behind Lionel Messi's impending Ballon d'Or win

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Oct 17 2023 12:33
The stats behind Lionel Messi's impending Ballon d'Or win Karim Benzema's 2022 Ballon d'Or win perhaps signalled the end of Lionel Messi's dominance of the individual award. The Frenchman was a worthy winner of the accolade last year and with Messi's career approaching their twilight years, it seemed time for the Argentine to step aside.Fast forward 12 mon...
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Has Lionel Messi's PSG career been a success?

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jun 2 2023 12:00
Has Lionel Messi's PSG career been a success? This will be his last match at the Parc des Princes, and I hope that he will receive the warmest of welcomes, PSG boss Christophe Galtier said of Lionel Messi on Thursday. Saturday's welcome of Clermont Foot will spell the end of the Argentine's two-year stint in France, with Messi not short on offe...
Categories: Player Focus

World Cup Survivor is Over - So what next for WhoScored.com Games?

by WhoScored.com at Tuesday, Dec 20 2022 12:20
World Cup Survivor is Over - So what next for WhoScored.com Games? What do Tournament Survivor Game 1 and Brazil's hopes of winning have in common? Both are over! It's still too soon to talk about England…11 players are celebrating an early Christmas cracker after they won £1,560 each as the Samba stars were sent packing by Luka Modric and Croatia!Befo...
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Messi rightly leads Argentina's top performers at the 2022 World Cup

by Ciaran McLoughlin at Thursday, Dec 15 2022 11:50
Messi rightly leads Argentina's top performers at the 2022 World Cup Argentina qualified for their sixth World Cup final by beating Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday night. Since losing 2-1 to Saudi Arabia in their opening game, they have gone on to win every game, be it in normal time or via penalties.Here, we run down their top performers at this year’s tournament, asse...
Categories: World Cup

Why reliance on Messi will only take Argentina so far at Qatar 2022

by Sam McGuire at Tuesday, Nov 29 2022 11:05
Why reliance on Messi will only take Argentina so far at Qatar 2022 Argentina headed to Qatar as one of the favourites to lift the World Cup. And rightly so. Lionel Scaloni’s men were on a 36-match unbeaten streak, just one shy of the world record, and had won the Copa America in 2021 for the first time in close to 30 years. Spearheaded by an in-form Lionel Me...
Categories: World Cup

PSG vs Real Madrid: Boosted 14/1 Champions League Bet Builder Tip

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Feb 15 2022 17:02
PSG vs Real Madrid: Boosted 14/1 Champions League Bet Builder Tip The Champions League is back with a bang as long time title hopefuls Paris Saint-Germain host the tournament's most decorated side in Real Madrid.Both sides top their respective domestic league's heading into Tuesday night's showdown, and have a plethora of talent to call upon in attacking areas. Li...
Categories: Featured

Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid: No room for Neymar in star-studded Ultimate XI

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Feb 15 2022 11:35
Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid: No room for Neymar in star-studded Ultimate XI The Champions League returns tonight and there are two stand out clashes to signal the restart of Europe's elite club competition. Of course - with all due respect to Sporting CP's welcome of Manchester City - the glamour tie is PSG's meeting with Real Madrid as the two European heavyweights lock ho...
Categories: Best XI