Sentences with phrase «in the league of messi»

but to me I don't think any1 is in the league of Messi and Ronaldo, Not even Suarez or Neymar

A player in the league of Messi, Iniesta and Xavi (in their primes).

Not exact matches

In Spain it works with five clubs in La Liga, including league winners Athletico Madrid and Barcelona, home of Lionel MessIn Spain it works with five clubs in La Liga, including league winners Athletico Madrid and Barcelona, home of Lionel Messin La Liga, including league winners Athletico Madrid and Barcelona, home of Lionel Messi.

Arsenal fans will have been a bit worried to say the least when the news came in on Saturday that our opponents for the first game of the Premier League season had just put the mighty Barcelona to the sword, with a 4 - 0 win against a strong side including their former striker Luis Suarez, Messi, Iniesta and all.

We could single out Lionel Messi as being the most dangerous, with 6 goals in a mere 450 minutes of Champions League football.

Tello starred as Barcelona came back from a 2 - 1 down to beat Spartak Moscow 3 - 2 at the Camp Nou in their opening group game of the Champions League, scoring the first goal before setting up Lionel Messi for his team's second.

man utd # 750m new kit deal is double any Club kit Deal in the world, they can buy messi and ronaldo if available with that.Wenger complains they want to buy success, Yes the league is always bought wenger youth policy will never work, Wenger should focus on the needs of team and stop being jealous when other teams spash the cash.

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Having bagged another goal, Messi has taken his tally for the season to 20 in La Liga, ensuring that he has now scored 20 or more goals in each of the last 10 league campaigns.

DLT are currently sat at the top of League One, six points ahead of second place Eton Messi who have a game in hand.

Even the great Lionel Messi admitted that Barcelona were scared of Theo a few years ago after Barca played Arsenal in the Champions League.

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While it's hard to imagine the forward away from the Nou Camp, with Messi having spent the entirety of his senior career at the club, it's particularly tricky to imagine him moving to a club who can not offer him the chance to play in the Champions League.

Messi, conversely, had a golden opportunity to score his side's most crucial goal of last season — but fluffed his lines, missing a penalty against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final.

Having collected four FIFA Balloon d'Or's, five La Liga titles, three Champions League winner's medals and a host of other trinkets Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has now released a range of his own Adidas branded gear and we have a pair of adidas f50 boots, packaged in a marvelous commemorative case, to offer one of our lucky readers.

All the more impressive for the number of goals and games, Barcelona star Lionel Messi is top of another list as he holds a record of 0.81 goals per game in the Champions League, having scored 74 in just 91 appearances, including two in finals.

Nevertheless, the Premier League and La Liga boast with some of the fiercest rivalries both in terms of teams and players which is also important for fans that enjoy watching football, their financial strength and the power to bring players like Ronaldo, Messi, Aguero, Sanchez, Rooney etc..

He inherited a fantastic side at Barcelona, he had Messi at his disposal (who will probably go down as the greatest player ever, and guarantee's you a goal a game), Pep also had a lot of other world class players that were so in tune which each others game, he had lots of money to spend, and Real and Barcelona were miles ahead of any else in the Spanish league in terms of quality players and finances.

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And it's been a good week for them in the Champions League: Lionel Messi did one entirely with his right foot, breaking records in the process; Sergio Aguero did one entirely out of frustration with the inadequacies of his colleagues.

Before then we played really well against Barcelona in the Champions league only to be undone by the brilliance of Lionel Messi and Neymar Dos Santos, the two best players in the world.

He is up to 42 in the Champions League, split perfectly in half with 21 home goals and 21 away, in fact out of all the top scorers still playing European football, only Ibrahimovic with 43 and Messi and Ronaldo 77 each are above him.

The reality of the situation is that we are no longer in competition for any major piece of silverware... Yes we're out of Champions league, the game at the Nou camp is merely a formality, putting 3 goals passed Messi and co, now that's delusional!!

Messi played a big part in Barca taking the first leg and if City can't find a way to keep him contained, they'll probably find themselves out of the Champions League completely.

Late goals from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi helped to rescue Barca and keep their hopes of unbeaten season in the league alive.

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Suarez's strike on Saturday saw him notch his 10th league goal of the season, the second highest in the league behind Messi himself, and saw the Uruguayan score his seventh goal in his last six games, a record that has seen some say that the 30 - year - old is back to his best.

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If he goes, and proves he is in the same league as people like Neymar, Suarez etc etc (I left out Messi as he's one of a kind) I would be pleased for the lad.

Messi's goal was his first against Chelsea in nine meetings with the Blues, ending a barren run of 730 minutes without one against the Premier League giants.

Whether he has a say or not, the current formula is working pretty well under Ernesto Valverde based on their league position and all - round results so far, and so perhaps there is no rush to replace Suarez and in turn avoid the risk of a furious Messi being left unimpressed, as per the report.

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Zlatan has scored 35 goals in all competitions for PSG this term, including four in the Champions League, and has been the most consistent goalscorer in the world in recent years, excluding the records of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi alone.

Jackson Martinez may not be quite in the same league as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but there are not many forwards who come even close to his record of 92 goals for Porto in just three seasons.

He is one of the brightest prospects in world football after some mesmerizing solo goals in the Brazilian league, likening him to Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

As well as that, it may surprise you to know that, with a rate of 0.7 a game, the former Montpellier man has scored more non-penalty goals per 90 minutes in the league than players like Thomas Muller, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann, and he's not far off Lionel Messi's tally of 0.74 per game.

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Thats a common misunderstanding among the fans here... wenger also wanted hazard, messi, ronaldo, rooney, cech in 2003, suarez etc just to name a few but where are they now?????... wenger only bought ozil and sanchez because they were no longer needed at their clubs and to be honest those clubs got the better part of the deal... madrid won the cl after selling ozil, then a year later barca won a treble after selling sanchez to us... these clubs know exactly what they need and are ready to uproot anything that would hamper their success... if wenger's gamble doesn't bear fruits these season, then boy we will be in for a rude shock... but its a fact that any club that will sell us their star will win the champions league next season

Xavi, Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and a whole host of others all benefitted from playing for Barcelona B. Real Madrid Castilla play in the league below and though not quite as good a production line, partly due to the club's international buying ethos, have produced players recently themselves such as Valencia's much wanted Juan Mata.

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he wants to get the same salary with Messi and Ronaldo where as those two pull there clubs up every now an then and we never hear them complain, so he should stop complaining about wanting to play in the champions league cause he was part of the reason we are not in the champions league whether we want to accept the fact or not.

«But the fact remains he has struggled in the latter stages of the Champions League when he hasn't had Lionel Messi at his disposal.

And don't begin to tell me that it's because of CR7 that he doesn't score, look at Barca they have Messi who scores like CR7 but because Suarez and Neymar are actually world class they still get their great quota of goals, it's because of people like Benzema RM have only won one league title in 6 years they don't contribute enough!

The combined force of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez make the Catalans hot favourites to become the first team in the Champions League era to retain the European Cup.

You have mentioned Pogba, Messi et al when making your point but lets conveniently overlook the fact these type of players are a one off, and let us also forget about the hundred of EPL youngsters hyped to high heavens in recent years off the back of a few spectacular performances only for them to flounder and disappear under rye scrutiny and pressure of expectation, the latest been the kid from Aston Villa who was meant to set the league alight this season but who has now totally flopped... nobody is disputing Iwobi's quality, but he still needs nurturing and care, AFC is a team who is expected to win things and the pressure can break a player, am dead sure you were drooling at the mouth about Ox few years back as you would have done with Walcott too, but 4 years and 10 years after we are still awaiting them to fulfill their potentials....

Messi's class is unquestioned, but he hasn't been quite so prolific in Champions League, as he's focused his efforts in keeping his Barca side at the top of La Liga.

A hat trick in Ronaldo's final game of 2014/15 (a 7 - 3 home win over Getafe) took his league total to forty - eight — although the Ballon d'Or still went to Lionel Messi.