Since the horrific tragedy of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, we’ve come to learn that two students — 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff and 15-year-old Anthony Borges — shared a deep love for the sport of soccer.
Last week in the Champions League, Messi scored against Chelsea. During the weekend in La Liga, he scored twice against Girona. Both clubs until then had held the distinction of not having been scored against by Messi. The list of clubs Messi has played against but not scored against is down to 10 teams.
Aquí tenemos un período de cinco días tan Luis Suárez que incluso Luis Suárez lo llamaría un cliché. El martes pasado, el delantero uruguayo entró en el minuto 76 del empate 1-1 del Barcelona con el Chelsea. Suárez recibió la amarilla después de que Lionel Messi se enfrentara al juez de línea.
El jugador de 31 años estaba girando en el suelo, gritando por un penal cuando Messi convirtió el ingenioso pase de Andrés Iniesta en un gol vital para el Barca. Suárez se levantó como si nada, se burló del juez de línea y se fue corriendo para celebrar. Luego lo amonestaron.
In the 77th minute of PSG’s routine 3-0 victory over Marseille Sunday night, a seemingly innocuous moment led to Neymar remaining on the ground while play continued around him. 10 seconds later, with Neymar still writhing in agony and in clear discomfort, PSG played the ball out so their Brazilian star could receive treatment.
Neymar was then stretchered off the field while crying inconsolably. For many, the world’s most expensive player had clearly just suffered a serious injury (perhaps a broken ankle), calling into question his participation at the World Cup.
Lionel Messi is the second-highest goalscorer in Champions League history, trailing only Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi has scored 98 Champions League goals in his career so far, and we were wondering which countries he has done the most damage against. So, we went through all of Messi's goals and figured out the countries that house the clubs Messi has scored the most goals against.
Like a good band, Barcelona played all the hits in their 6-1 demolition of Girona on Saturday, surely a treat for anyone seeing them live for the first time (I hate you Bryce I hate you so much).
They opened with Lionel Messi assisting Luis Suarez:
The Lionel Messi goal vs Chelsea gave Barcelona a vital away goal after the first leg in the Champions League Round of 16 as the teams played to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday at Stamford Bridge. It was his first goal in nine career matches against the Blues. But it was all about that assist from Andres Iniesta, three seconds that perfectly summed up the Spaniard’s brilliance.