Arguably the best match-up in the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal draw, football power house Barcelona will play against the new and improved Ligue 1 team, Paris Saint-Germain. The first leg of this mouthwatering game will be held in Parc des Princes, PSG’s home turf, in April 3. This is a critical game for both teams since the winner of the match will have a cushion for the second leg, lessening the pressure to score more goals than their opponents. This is a very hard match-up to predict since both teams…
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Real Madrid smashed Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid CF beat FC Barcelona 3-1 at the Camp Nou to reach the Copa del Rey final. Real Madrid CF made amends for their Copa del Rey elimination at the hands of FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals last season by triumphing 3-1 at the Camp Nou to progress to a record 38th final by a 4-2 aggregate scoreline. Lionel Messi fired just wide early on as the home side started brightly but they were caught out on the counterattack after 13 minutes. Gerard…
Read MoreChampions League: AC Milan – FC Barcelona preview
Massimiliano Allegri stressed that AC Milan’s round of 16 tie will “start at 0-0” as he went on the offensive to question why they are being written off before facing FC Barcelona. Irked by talk that FC Barcelona will make light work of his AC Milan team, Massimiliano Allegri came out on the front foot ahead of the sold-out UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg at San Siro, saying: “It annoys me that we are already considered as a sacrificial victim.” His opposite number Jordi Roura also downplayed…
Read MoreMessi reaches 300-goal mark for Barcelona
Lionel Messi scored his 300th and 301st goals for FC Barcelona as the runaway Liga leaders came from a goal behind to beat Granada CF on a day when Málaga CF also won. Lionel Messi surpassed the 300-goal mark for FC Barcelona by scoring twice as the Liga leaders recovered from behind to defeat Granada CF 2-1. Having beaten Real Madrid CF a fortnight ago, Lucas Alcaraz’s 13th-placed Granada side threatened another surprise result when Carlos Aranda’s cross to the far post was knocked back across the area for…
Read More‘Messi has made the Ballon d’Or his own’
The Spanish press heaped praise on Lionel Messi after the 25-year-old became the first man to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or four times. “He is”, said El Mundo, “beyond classification.” In his native Argentina, it has been suggested that Lionel Messi’s winning of a record fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or is almost not newsworthy, such is the continuing regularity with which the 25-year-old is honoured. Not so in his adopted homeland, where debate has grown surrounding just how many individual titles the FC Barcelona striker can win before he retires.…
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