Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid in the summer and had been a star performer in his Real Madrid shirt before being sidelined by injury and the former Manchester United star has said he would love to see former team mate Wayne Rooney move to the Bernabeu to play alongside him again.

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Fifa has announced the 23 man short list for their World player of the Year competition with Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney all being nominated. The winner is set to be announced on the 21st of December with the favourite currently being Barcelona star Lionel Messi. There . Click to continue reading...

The dudes who run La Liga, otherwise known as the LFP (La Liga de Futbol Profesional) just dished out all the player awards for last season, and naturally, it was all about Barca, with seven spots out of nine going to our boys: .Best Player: Lionel Messi
Best Coach: Pep Guardiola
Best Defender: Daniel Alves
Best Midfielder: Xavi
Best Attacking Midfielder: Andres Iniesta
Best Striker: Lionel Messi
Best Breakthrough Player: Sergi Busquets
Meanwhile Iker Casillas of Real Madrid came off with Best Keeper, and the Fair Play award went to Deportivo's Juan Carlos Valeron. Click to continue reading...

What a shocking couple of weeks it had been for the Catalans.

They have torn through all and sundry in La Liga up until their hosting of Almeria at the Camp Nou on October 4th. They may have come away with the result but it's a sign of the times that ONLY a 1-0 win for Barcelona is considered a bad performance.

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Call we crazy, but I think this Barcelona team isn't that bad. I mean they did lose to a team earlier in the week that I had honestly never watched play a match in my entire life. But hey everyone has an off-week. Or in this case an off-weekday. Nobody wants to lose a Champions League game period.

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According to the Madrid newspaper Diario AS, Maradona does not want the upcoming friendly against Spain to be played in Atletico de Madrid's stadium.

Maradona wants the game to be played in Real Madrid's stadium because he does not want to be in a stadium full of Atletico fans and have to deal with being pressured by the fans to include Sergio Aguero in the lineup.

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Lionel Messi

Ah! Maybe if I go to sleep I'll wake up and see this was just a nightmare and we didn't lose to a team with a name that sounds like a magician. ... When I do wake up I'm just going to play Legos all day and forget about this. ... It's not working yet. .

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Ignoring the rumour and speculation that has been floating around this week, Mark Bowen has been discussing the return of Robinho and warned that he faces a fight for his place:

"He's a naturally-fit guy who doesn't carry a lot of weight, so once he's back training with the group it doesn't take him much time to be right.

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En esta ocasión, decidí, escribir algo sobre este partido trascendental, para Uruguayos y Argentinos, rivales clásicos, del Río de la Plata.

Si fuese un platillo, de comida, desde el mediodía, tengo antojo de la Torta Uruguaya, de esas carnes asadas a la Uruguaya, de esas charlas inolvidables con Luis Garisto, ex timonel de los Rojinegros del Atlas.

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El goleador chileno, Humberto Suazo quien milita en los Rayados de Monterrey del Fútbol Mexicano es el máximo goleador del continente americano en las Eliminatorias Mundialistas empatado con Luis Fabiano de Brasil, y por encima de figuras mundiales como Diego Forlán o Lionel Messi por citar algunos.

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Footballing superstars Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have much in common: known throughout the world as skillful players that can win a game single-handedly. Yet they also share the possibility that they may not appear in next year's World Cup finals.

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#1: Barcelona

Lionel Messi & Company still have to be considered the favorites this season to take home the hardware. The treble winning club was shut out in one of their two group matches so far, but the squad has also allowed zero goals in those matches as well.

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Cristiano Ronaldo played his part in Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Marseille in the Champions league last night scoring two of Real's three goals. However the Portuguese international had to be taken off in the second half with an ankle knock that could see him miss Madrid's match against high flying Sevilla on Sunday.

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Lionel Messi

It has been claimed many times by many different people, Messi is quite simply "the man" as we say here in the states. Messi continues to fuel Barca's ridiculous offense and who knows maybe the club can potentially win the treble two straight seasons even though it had never been done by any La Liga squad ever before last season.

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Tal parece que nuestros amigos de la corriente madridista y culé están viviendo un sueño encantado, con apenas cuatro jornadas en desarrollo y un número perfecto de 12 puntos (12 puntos de 12 disputados).

Esta vez no hablare de lo maravilloso que juega el Madrid o lo eficaz que ha resultado ser Barcelona, sino de las diferencias que tienen ambos equipos que han tenido como resultado final una pelea por la punta de la liga.

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Ancora Ibra-Messi. Ancora spettacolo e gol e il Barcellona conferma la leadership, in attesa di vedere cosa combinerà il Real Madrid impegnato nell'insidiosa trasferta contro il Villareal di Giuseppe Rossi. Click to continue reading...

How Joan Laporta keeps his stars happy With Barcelona star Lionel Messi signing a new deal that extends his contract from 2014 to 2016 and makes him the highest paid player in La Liga, cult Catalan football comedy show Crackovia could not resist showing its version of the negotiations. I don't think you need the lingo to [. Click to continue reading...

Le dejo aquí el resumen del partido en el que ganamos 3-1 al Pachuca, pero quiero hacer hincapié en el gol de Suazo que solo "bombea"ante la salida de Calero quien quiere achicar el inminente zapatazo, solo que el chileno la toca magistralmente, supera la altura del portero colombiano (que es ya mucho) y lo deja inmovilizado en una clara señal de que se tragó por completo la finta de nuestro goleador.

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It was honours even at San Siro as Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Inter Milan in a match the European champions dominated but failed to crown with a goal their performance deserved.

The Spanish outfit created numerous chances to break the deadlock, particularly in the first half, the best of which fell to Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was unable to score against the side he left in the summer.

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Leo Messi's father is the latest person to publicly criticize Maradona's performance as national team manager.

Jorge Messi spoke with national team secretary Luis Segura and told him the following:

"Leo (Messi) does not receive tactical indications from Maradona, Maradona does not talk to him on the field.

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The CONMEBOL (South America) Region has a full set of matches on Wednesday as a few teams looked to clinch spots in South Africa next summer. Brazil already was qualified and countries Chile and Paraguay able to earn spots if they earned victories on Wednesday night. Other countries like Argentina have been struggling and needed results to stay in good position with only two matches left after the Wednesday matches.

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The CONMEBOL (South America) Region has a full set of matches on Wednesday as a few teams looked to clinch spots in South Africa next summer. Brazil already was qualified and countries Chile and Paraguay able to earn spots if they earned victories on Wednesday night. Other countries like Argentina have been struggling and needed results to stay in good position with only two matches left after the Wednesday matches.

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You know, as Interlulls go this is right up there with the most tedious we've ever had.

I think in these circumstances it's only right and proper that we try and blame someone for the fact we're so very very bored. Blatter, Platini, meh. Easy targets. You need to look deeper than that. The people who created UEFA and FIFA.

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"He's here, hes there, hes every fcuking where. Ka-kuuu-taaaaa Ka-kuuu-taaaaa" Yes Yes. Yesterday Google announced that the biggest increase in a search term was the words "Gael Kakuta". Not Cristiano Crappants. Not Lionel Im Allowed to Headbutt People. Not even the original Golden Bollock Balls himself. Click to continue reading...

There have been various reports in the press this morning over a few of Arsenal's transfer dealings, as i shall tell you about below:

Marouane Chamakh

The Daily Mirror reports that Arsene will make a final move for the Moroccan international after his £5 million bid was rejected earlier this summer, they report the bid will be around £8.

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Edwin Van Der Saar: I feel very GQ. Practicing my GQ face in anticipation of this moment was a smart move. Messi and Xavi are the same size as my kids. What's that about? Whoa. Gotta be careful. I almost lost my pose. This is harder than I thought.

Lionel Messi: Two awards, bitches!

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Edwin Van Der Saar: I feel very GQ. Practicing my GQ face in anticipation of this moment was a smart move. Messi and Xavi are the same size as my kids. What's that about? Whoa. Gotta be careful. I almost lost my pose. This is harder than I thought.

Lionel Messi: Two awards, bitches!

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Barcelona is making sure that their best player is well taken care of.

A new salary increase as Messi will now be the highest paid player in the world with a salary of 14 million dollars per year.

Barcelona has increased the buy-out clause in Messi's contract to 427 million dollars.

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Best New Player

This award is arguably the most coveted this year with all the talent overflowing into La Liga. Real Madrid has three potential contenders for the award and Ibrahimovic has to be considered as well. Ibs, Benzema, and Ronaldo will all likely have great years, but we will give the award to Christiano Ronaldo simply because the guy doesn't have a flaw in his game.

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Barcelona spent last year performing a masterpiece of orchestral harmony; a symphony which would have even the likes of Beethoven blushing. Much of this was down to having some half-decent players, with Xavi & Iniesta driving the team forward and Lionel Messi often providing the jaw-dropping solo. But in the background it was the young virtuoso [. Click to continue reading...

We all know what this match was, right? The return of Lionel Messi! He's finally got his groove back after shuffling through two half-matches, and was his amazing self again against the Sounders. Leo took full charge of the attack, putting so much effort – maybe a bit too much for just a friendly – and it paid off, as he netted two spectacular goals in the forty-five minutes he played. Click to continue reading...

I didn't expect to write anything from the Barcelona match. It was a friendly, which to me screams exhibition with a bigger price tag. But I think we actually learned a little bit about the Sounders and Sigi last night. Sure the crowd set a record, sure we saw Lionel Messi work his magic, [...] Click to continue reading...

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Lionel Messi put on a performance in front of a sold out Qwest Field in Seattle on Wednesday night. The Argentine had to battle the bad pitch with the grass being overgrown and hindering ball movement but it took him 20 minutes to get the hang of things. He beat the Seattle keeper Keller in the 20th with a shot from the corner of the box, just after Keller had denied him just minutes earlier.

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Barcelona put on a show in Seattle in the latest match of their North American tour, giving us further indications that last season's triple-winning masterclass will not be a one off.
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Un grupo de ingenieros del Campus La Salle y Ro-Botica inventó el robot del astro argentino Lionel Messi para que participe en la final de fútbol para robots teledirigidos que se jugara en Corea los primeros dias de Agosto.
No solo Messi fue elegido para ser caracterizado sino que su compañero de equipo en el Barcelona, Carles Puyol también se quedó con este honor solo que el motivo de la elección no fue por ser el mejor futbolista del mundo sino por su particular cabellera y por considerarlo un "emblema de Cataluña". Click to continue reading...