Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi Pay Homage To Mexico Earthquake Victims

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have proven once more that they are not only great on the field, but also off it. Both stars have reached out to express their solidarity with and condolences to Mexico with regards to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck central Mexico last Tuesday. 

Why Man-Marking Lionel Messi Is Always A Terrible Idea

Conditions conspired to give us a glimpse of a rarely used, outdated tactic on Saturday: an authentic and faithful use of man-marking during Girona’s hosting of Barcelona at the Estadi Montilivi. What this means is that Girona defender Pablo Maffeo was entirely sacrificed to negate the influence of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi — wherever Messi went, there was Maffeo. When Girona were in possession, Maffeo continued to mark Messi. In fact, Maffeo was substituted in the 78th minute after recording only 10 touches. 

The Best FIFA Men's Player Nominees Are, Predictably, Messi, Ronaldo And Neymar

The three final nominees for the Best FIFA Men's Award have been announced, and, whoo boy, you better sit down and buckle your seatbelt. Go find a seat with a seatbelt. Sit on it. Buckle it.

The three finalists are:

MESSI.

RONALDO.

NEYMAR.

Woww who could have possibly seen that coming? I'm out of breath.

Messi Is Off To The Best Start To A Season In His Career

Marking Lionel Messi is like marking the smoke monster in Lost, even on a good day. When La Pulga is feeling particularly motivated, as he has been so far this season, it's like if the smoke monster could also teleport and shoot lasers.

Eibar found that out the hard way, finding themselves on the wrong side of a 6-1 demolition by Barcelona, four of which came from Messi.

This Video Illustrates Just How Unbelievably Good Messi Is In Tight Spaces

Messi is amazing at everything, but the thing he's most amazing at is wriggling out of tight spaces. As the best player in the world, he constantly finds himself surrounded by three to five members of the other team who have no qualms about getting all up in his personal space. This does not seem to bother Messi as much as it should. It would bother us a lot, and we are not even claustrophobic.

To illustrate just how good Messi is at navigating very small spaces, here's eight minutes of Messi doing exactly that.

Lionel Messi’s Irresistible Brace Leads To Statement Victory Over Juventus

Juventus arrived at the 2016-17 Champions League Final having surrendered only three goals in 12 matches. Thanks in large part to Lionel Messi, that total was matched in the 2017-18 edition of the competition after only one match, or 69 minutes to be precise.

Messi scored a fantastic brace and Ivan Rakitic added one of his own as Barcelona throttled an under-strength Juventus 3-0 at the Camp Nou to begin Champions League group play.

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