'The Messiah' - Lionel Messi

Woeful, awful performance.

Gave the ball away constantly under no pressure and horrible final passing.

Nice pass for Iniesta early and a nice pass for Tello, that and his goal aside..woeful.

Nothing to do with anyone else but himself.

Messi needs a coach.

I agree with futbol, a good thrashing by Madrid will surely bring forth the desperately needed changes at barca.

Cesc goes back to the bench where he belongs, joining alexis and tello in the supersub role. Maybe a new temporary coach as well ?

Lol lol. Stick to football Leo

lmao illegal bowling style

This ad is actually so poorly made... with the graphics etc, the techniques used and the entire concept... It doesnt make sense lol.

Poorly done ad. Got me annoyed watching it for some reason.

The Sanchez wrote:Poorly done ad. Got me annoyed watching it for some reason.

lol, it's just a herbalife ad ffs. But does anyone have the number of calender goals scored so far this year??? I know it's low, but if you have them it'd be cool, and if you can let me know where you got them as well, much appreciated!!

One goal vs Celta vigo in next match and he will complete scoring vs all la liga teams in a single season.

Interview: Maria Sol Messi talks about brother Leo

http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/09/26/interview-maria-sol-messi-talks-about-brother-leo/#prettyPhoto

Del Piero: The 10 is not a position, it's a quality of player. In my opinion, it's the player that heats up the passion and fantasy of the people. The beauty of football. You can't stay quiet while watching Messi, whether at the stadium or on a sofa. It's normal that he's the most awarded player.

Q: Who is better, Maradona or Messi?
Del Piero: Don't make me choose... it's like asking, "who do you love more, mom or dad?" I grew up watching and dreaming of Platini, Maradona, Zico...

the player's champion

thiago vs messi

Lol the boy looks just like him, I Hope he becames heir to Messi, another footballing god in teh future!

back in training

Collblanc wrote:back in training

If he can't even make the bench on Saturday, how is he going to be fit on Tuesday?

He is fit and will play

futbol wrote:If he can't even make the bench on Saturday, how is he going to be fit on Tuesday?

He played vs. PSG 10 days ago, he is fit, but no point in playing him today.

Well he was played as a last resort, sort of how like Iniesta played vs United in the CL final and then this screwed up his recovery process for the next 6 months.

I agree though that he will play 90 minutes.

From Wikipedia

Individual
FIFA Ballon d'Or (3): 2010, 2011, 2012. Created in 2010.
Ballon d'Or (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
World Soccer Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012.
Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (2): 2011, 2012.[298]
IFFHS World's best Top Division Goal Scorer (1): 2012.[299]
Goal.com Player of the Year (2): 2009, 2011.
El País King of European Soccer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.[300]
ESPY Best International Athlete (1): 2012.
European Golden Shoe (2): 2010, 2012.
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award (1): 2011. Created in 2011.
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
UEFA Team of the Year (5): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match (1): 2011.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament (1): 2005.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Goalscorer (1): 2005.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (2): 2009, 2011.
FIFA FIFPro World XI (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
ESM Team of the Year (6): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12.
Pichichi Trophy (2): 2010, 2012.
Copa del Rey Top Goalscorer (1): 2010–2011.
La Liga Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2010, 2011.
La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2010. Ceased to exist in 2010.
La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (5): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
LFP Best Player (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
LFP Best Forward (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
Marca Leyenda (1): 2009.
Bravo Award (1): 2007.
Copa América Young Player of the Tournament (1): 2007.
European Golden Boy (1): 2005.
Olimpia de Oro (1): 2011.
Olimpia de Plata (7): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.[301]

Records
As of 2 April 2013.

World
Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 4
Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a year: 91 goals
Most international goals in a year (club and national team): 25 goals (shared with Vivian Woodward)
Most goals scored in FIFA Club World Cup: 4 goals (held jointly with Denilson and Mohamed Aboutrika)
Most consecutive league matches scored in: 19 matches (30 goals)

Europe
Most goals scored in a season (club): 73 goals
Most goals scored in a year (club): 79 goals
Most goals scored in a European Cup season: 14 goals (held jointly with José Altafini)
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (shared with Gerd Müller)
Highest scorer in a European Cup game: 5 goals (held jointly with ten other players)

Argentina
Most goals scored in a year (national team): 12 goals (shared with Gabriel Batistuta)

Spain
Most goals scored in La Liga in a season: 50 goals
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks
Most goals scored in the Supercopa de España: 10 goals
Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 20 matches, 31 goals
Most goals scored in El Clásico matches: 18 goals (shared with Alfredo Di Stéfano)

Barcelona
Top scorer in official competitions: 311 goals
Top scorer in La Liga: 213 goals
Top scorer in UEFA Champions League: 59 goals
Top scorer in European competitions: 60 goals
Top scorer in international competitions: 64 goals
Most all competitions hat-tricks overall: 22 hat-tricks
Most La Liga hat-tricks overall: 16 hat-tricks

So Messi is out for a projected 2-3 weeks. Superb injury management on our side.

he needs a good long summer to rest, Tito was a bit stupid to risk him like that on a meaningless game.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:So Messi is out for a projected 2-3 weeks. Superb injury management on our side.

Absolutely ridiculous. Wtf were we thinking?

I mean I guess it's semi-OK because of summer, but it's just ridiculous for the same reason. Playing him in a meaningless match? Wtf?

Give the youth time instead. He could use a break. Instead play him and injure him

Quite unneccessary to play him instead of starting the youth to see what they can give...
Hopefully he rests well and is fresh for next season...

Jiopsi must be fuming about Alexis and Pedro ruining Messi's upward stats