Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldo Nazario were selected as the three greatest forward players ever to play the sport.
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Lionel Messi’s side will take on former team-mate Neymar, with speculation continuing that the Argentine may look to join his friend in Paris next season.
The Argentine joins Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski on the podium.
Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot in that encounter to help the Turin side to an emphatic victory that saw them overhaul Barcelona at the top of the standings and qualify in first place.
The former Real Madrid striker and his Argentina counterpart traded Ballon d’Or wins for a decade between 2008-2017 and were figureheads for the duelling Spanish giants, but there was only one winner at the Camp Nou as they met for the first time since Ronaldo’s departure for Juve in 2018
The Frenchman came off the bench in the club’s disappointing 2-1 defeat to Cadiz in LaLiga on Sunday but underwent tests after the match.
It was a first home win in the top flight against any opposition for promoted Cadiz since 2006 and takes them four points above seventh-placed Barca.
Messi, 33, celebrated a powerful strike against Osasuna on Sunday by taking off his home shirt to reveal a 1993 Newell’s Old Boys top in homage to his hero, who passed away aged 60 last week.
With his existing deal at Camp Nou due to expire in the summer, the 33-year-old will be able to hold formal discussions with interested clubs in January.
Manager Ronald Koeman has decided to rest Messi and midfielder Frenkie de Jong for the Group G match in Ukraine, with fixtures coming thick and fast and a growing concern with injuries in the squad.
Looking at the current La Liga table, Real Sociedad, Villarreal and Atlético Madrid occupy first, second and third place respectively.
The Germany international, who joined the club in 2014, has had a €500 million (£445 million) release clause inserted into his deal.
The world’s most expensive player, who is now at PSG following his £198 million transfer in 2017, has been engulfed in legal battles with Barca in the past, claiming previously that the club owed him a total of £38 million (€43m) in unpaid bonuses.
Griezmann has struggled at Barca ever since arriving in the summer of 2019 for €120 million from Atletico Madrid.
In a statement released on Tuesday night, the 1986 World Cup winner’s PR handlers said the operation “was all successful and it happened as expected”.
A report in Marca explains the background of Tusquets, who will guide the Catalan giants through the next few months ahead of the new board elections early next year.
It follows on from confirmation on Monday morning that the club’s request to delay the vote of no confidence on Bartomeu had been rejected by the authorities in the region, meaning that the vote on his position was due to go ahead in the coming weeks – this move means no such vote will be required.
A statement from Barca on Sunday said the Brazilian was unavailable due to the injury, without saying when he would return to action.
Barcelona against Real Madrid – it hardly gets any bigger than when these two La Liga giants meet, as they will on Saturday at Camp Nou, Barcelona at 3pm.
Shakhtar were without 10 first-team players and nine members of staff due to coronavirus infections but recorded a remarkable win at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium, after scoring three times in 13 first-half minutes.