Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah have all been nominated for the Puskas award.
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The head of the Palestinian Football Association says he will contest a year-long ban from the sport imposed by world soccer governing body FIFA for calling on fans to burn jerseys and pictures of Lionel Messi.
But there is no place for Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi.
Barcelona made it three wins from three matches at the start of the 2018-19 La Liga campaign courtesy of a 8-2 victory over newly-promoted Huesca at Camp Nou on Sunday night.
According to the reports, the fan wanted Messi to sign her Rosario Central shirt and Rosario Central is the biggest rival of Messi’s boyhood club, Newell’s Old Boys.
Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde believes the “rivalry” between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is over after the latter’s move to Juventus.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi said the club will “do everything possible” this season to prise the Champions League trophy away from arch rivals Real Madrid, who have won the competition each of the past three years.
Sevilla made the breakthrough in the ninth minute of the match, although it would have been disallowed but for the invention of VAR, which showed that the linesman was wrong to flag Sarabia offside
FC Barcelona on Friday named Argentina’s Lionel Messi the club’s captain, following the departure of long-serving midfielder Andres Iniesta.
Ronaldo, who won the award last year, topped the goalscoring charts with 15 goals in the competition as Real Madrid won a third consecutive European crown.
Roma President James Pallotta has said he is negotiating for Lionel Messi.
A source with knowledge of the deal confirmed on Thursday the agreement will be finalised in the coming days.
The goal of the tournament is usually decided by fans who vote online to choose the winner
The goal of the tournament is usually decided by fans who vote online to choose the winner
France’s World Cup star Kylian Mbappe joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s player award, world soccer’s governing body announced on Tuesday.
The 57-year-old great was in the stands as Jorge Sampaoli’s side slipped to a 4-3 defeat against France in the round of 16 and said his energetic demeanour at the game did not reflect his feelings about the outcome of the match.
The Barcelona star played as a false nine with Cristian Pavon and Angel Di Maria either side of him.
It described the goal scored by Musa against Iceland in a 2-0 win as a delight to watch as he skillfully brought down a cross by Victor Moses before smashing the ball into the roof of the net from inside the box
A stunning burst of pace from the youngster earned a penalty for his side in the early stages before a quick-fire double after the break put his team in control.
A 1-1 draw with minnows Iceland and a humbling 3-0 defeat to Croatia left the 2014 finalists on the verge of elimination, but a 2-1 win over Nigeria saw Argentina through in second place.