Portugal Drawn to Play Argentina on First Day of Rio Football without Ronaldo and Messi

Portugal Drawn to Play Argentina on First Day of Rio Football without Ronaldo and Messi

 July 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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With both football superstars out of their national Olympic squads, the second Group D on August 4, 2016 between Portugal and Argentina will lose some color. Rio Olympic qualifying rules for men’s football allow only three players born after January 01, 1993 and thus most national squads will have players under the age of 23. […]

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Does Ronaldo winning the Euro Prove he is better than Messi

 July 12, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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So does Ronaldo winning the Euro 2016 actually prove that Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Leo Messi? Well a certain section of fans and football pundits think so, for instance Goal.com’s Peter Staunton thinks that Euro 2016 wins  puts Ronaldo above Messi. While a Certain section think that Messi Legacy is too big for Ronaldo to […]

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Messi Comes Back from Retirement???

 July 4, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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According to a major Newspaper of Argentina La Nacion Messi is all set to suspend his retirement to return to the National team Once again. Messi will take a few month off and come back to the national team in November. The crucial sentences from La Nacion read: The pundits and fans – not necessarily the same […]

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#SiVuelveMessiYo – Social media urges Messi to return

 June 28, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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A massive social media campaign has been launched in Argentina and around the whole world to convince Leo Messi not to retire from the National Team. Messi  announced his retirement Yesterday after the disappointing Penalty Shoot-out loss to Chile in the final of the Copa America Centario. Fans around the world were shocked and horrified […]

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The Curious Case of Leo Messi!!!

 June 27, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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Lionel Messi has decided to call curtains on his international career today after Argentina’s loss to Chile in the final of Copa America Centario, in which Messi missed the crucial first kick of the penalty shootout . This loss which was Messi 3rd consecutive final defeat in major tournament, and seemed to have an very […]

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Messi Shoots Wide in Argentina’s Penalty Shoot-out Loss to Chile in Copa America Final

 June 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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People in Santiago and other Chilean cities went wild as Chile scored their second Copa America victory in a row. The Chilean government has announced a public holiday for the entire nation and the town streets will be full of crazy Chilenos dancing with the choicest Latin music. In a repeat of last year’s final, […]

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Argentina Loses the final of Copa America – Again!!!!!

 June 27, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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Argentina lost to Chile in the Penalty Shootout after a goalless 120 minutes in the Final of Copa America Centenario. Chile won 4-2 after Leo Messi and Bigila missed their spot-kick for Argentina while Vidal had his penalty saved.The match was marred with controversy regarding some decision made by referee Heber Roberto Lopes, which included […]

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Record Breaker Messi guides Argentina to a third consecutive final

 June 23, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Tough losses are a fact of life in sports, and sometimes the biggest failures provide the most insightful lessons. The United States’ systematic 4-0 demolition by Argentina on Tuesday night was not one of those defeats. It’s hard to overstate how poor the Americans were in this Copa America semi-final, how big the egg they […]

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Messi inspired Argentina bulldoze past Venezuela

 June 19, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Lionel Messi scored one and created two in his first Copa America Centenario start to lead Argentina to a 4-1 win over Venezuela – and into a semi-final against the United States. Messi’s goal after an hour gave Argentina a 3-0 lead and was his 54th for the national team, equalling the record set by Gabriel Batistuta. The […]

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Is Lionel Messi the greatest player ever?

 March 10, 2016   Abhishek Das

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5 time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi is having one of his best seasons ever. After what was a record breaking last season in which Barcelona won an unprecedented second treble, thus becoming the only club to ever do so, people would have expected the best player in the world to slow down. But the […]

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