MESSI COMES Barcelona

MESSI COMES TO RESCUE AGAIN FOR BARCELONA

 February 21, 2017   Abhishek Das

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It was the 89th minute and it could have been the end; 63,378 people watched, minus those who’d already departed depressed – and there were plenty of them – as he stood alone before them. Standing before him, meanwhile, was Iago Herrerín; Iago Herrerín and disaster. But there were no nerves, just annoyance, and there […]

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Vidal injury mars Barca

Vidal injury mars Barça celebration over Alaves win

 February 13, 2017   Abhishek Das

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A potentially-serious injury to Aleix Vidal marred Barcelona’s 6-0 demolition of Alaves and the Catalans moving top of La Liga for at least a few hours. Gerard Pique joined Arda Turan and Javier Mascherano on the sidelines with an injury, having not trained since his half-time substitution against Atletico Madrid midweek. Alaves, for their part, went […]

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top spot in La Liga

Real Madrid retain top spot in La Liga

 February 13, 2017   Abhishek Das

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Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Osasuna on Saturday, but it was overshadowed by another terrible ankle injury. Madrid lined up in a 3-4-1-2 formation with Isco in the hole against Osasuna, in what was their first game in two weeks due to bad weather at Celta Vigo last […]

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Suarez both the hero and villain as Barça reach Copa final

 February 9, 2017   Abhishek Das

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Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez combined to give Barça a much needed goal which was enough to make sure they play their 4th successive Copa Final. After what seemed like a no way out, Messi like always took a few turns and a feint later he had passed 3 Atleti players as if they weren’t […]

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barc vs Bilbao

Messi inspired Barça roll past Athletic to stay on the tail of the League leaders

 February 7, 2017   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona kept the pressure on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 3-0 win at home on Saturday against Athletic Bilbao. Paco Alcacer, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal scored the goals for the hosts, who now have 45 points and are one point behind leaders Real Madrid. After Alcacer scored the opener, Messi […]

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MSN in India now a possibility, says Bartomeu

 November 2, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has announced that the Catalan club plan to play a friendly in India within the next three years as they continue to look for new ways to grow their global brand. Outside of Spain, the club now has offices in both Hong Kong and the United States and they also […]

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Hazard back to his brilliant best as Lukaku continues to be West Ham’s nemesis

 November 1, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Every goal and stand-out performance by Chelsea winger Eden Hazard in the Premier League makes his insipid form of last season even more of a mystery. The Belgium international took his tally for the season to five goals with the sixth-minute strike in a 2-0 victory at Southampton on Sunday. He’s scored in three straight […]

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Rafinha saves the day for Barcelona with brilliant strike

Rafinha saves the day for Barcelona with brilliant strike

 November 1, 2016   Abhishek Das

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On a day when Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez failed miserably, the youth products lit up the Camp Nou against Granada on Saturday. Denis Suarez, Sergi Roberto and Rafinha produced masterful performances, controlling the midfield with panache in the absence of captain Andres Iniesta. Ivan Rakitic donned Sergio Busquets’s role, screening the defence and distributing […]

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Greatest Footballers

Top 10 Greatest Footballers of all Time

 October 29, 2016   Abhishek Das

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This list cannot be just trimmed down to 10 men as it would be injustice for some of the best players in history to miss out. But there has to be only 10 and so there is a mention for some of the stars to have just missed out on the list. Honourable Mentions: Bobby […]

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Bayern continue to lead Bundesliga charts as others drop points

 October 24, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Bayern Munich are three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after a 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach. Bayern attacked from the off and duly went ahead in the 16th minute when Arturo Vidal powered a header under the bar from Rafinha’s cross. Fifteen minutes later, Douglas Costa celebrated his first start of the season by taking David […]

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