Lionel Messi News
Argentine legend Menotti: Maradona must not rely on Barcelona’s Messi (tribalfootball.com)
Former Argentina coach Cesar Luis Menotti says Diego Maradona's team depend too much on Barcelona star Lionel Messi . Menotti says Messi is "a luxury player" and that "you cannot build your hopes around one player who may or may not play like he does for Barcelona ". "There are already good players in the team. I do not doubt anyone, they can win a game. And we have Messi, who is becoming closer ...
Messi wird Unicef-Botschafter (Sport1.de)
Lionel Messi wird Botschafter des Kinderhilfswerks Unicef. Am Donnerstag soll der 22 Jahre alte Profi vom spanischen Meister FC Barcelona im Stadion ... weiterlesen
Messi double salvages point (Aljazeera)
Lionel Messi scored two goals to rescue 10-man Barcelona as the leaders twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Almeria in the Spanish Primera Division.
Messi bewahrt Barca vor zweiter Pleite (Bundesliga)
Champions-League-Sieger FC Barcelona hat im Titelrennen der spanischen Primera Division zwei wichtige Punkte abgegeben, die zweite Saisonniederlage aber dank Weltfußballer Lionel Messi noch abwenden können.
UPDATE 1-Soccer-Messi scores twice to rescue 10-man Barcelona (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
Lionel Messi scored two goals to rescue 10-man Barcelona as the leaders twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Almeria in La Liga on Saturday.
La Liga top scorers (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
La Liga top scorers on Sunday. 19 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 17 David Villa (Valencia) 16 Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) 14 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12 Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)
Spanish Leading Scorers (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Leading scorers Sunday in the Spanish league (penalties in parentheses): Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 19 (1) David Villa, Valencia, 17 (1) Gonzalo Higuain, Real Madrid, 16 Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 14 (2) Diego Forlan, Atletico Madrid, 12 (2) Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Barcelona, 12 (1) Roberto Soldado, Getafe, 12 (3) Sergio Aguero, Atletico Madrid, 9 Luis Fabiano, Sevilla, 9 (1) Fernando Llorente,...
Messi's goals aren't enough (The Electric New Paper)
ALMERIA sit in 13th spot and yet Barcelona could only manage a 2-2 draw against them.
Capello sets England semi-final target at World Cup (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
England manager Fabio Capello has set his team a minimum target of reaching the World Cup semi-finals in South Africa this year.
Clijsters juggles motherhood, tennis in her return (USA Today)
Kim Clijsters' first full season back on the tennis tour is presenting new challenges: figuring out a balanced schedule, needing more rest than she used to, traveling with her 2-year-old daughter Jada.