The Champions League draw is just a few days away and there are a number of teams that look like big favorites for the title. Which side is the runaway contender?
The Messi Ronaldo rivalry is always one of the highlights of the soccer season. For years the two titans have come at one another from a distance. Goals and titles were always their main means of doing battle. For years, Lionel Messi was the undisputed winner in both areas, but of late he has lagged a bit in the former department despite being the runaway winner in the latter.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi will compete for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. In theory at least. Despite the three players being officially on the ballet, the reality is that only one player has any chance of winning the award this year.
His name? Lionel Messi.
Here is the rundown for why the Argentine is the frontrunner to win the award.
Barcelona earned its fourth trophy of 2015 by defeating Sevilla 5-4 in the UEFA Super Cup. The game was rugged affair with three goals in the opening 20 minutes and a 4-1 lead for Blaugrana before the hour mark. However, Sevilla stormed back, forced extra time but was struck by fate of the most ironic kind.Here are the major takeaways from the big game.
Lionel Messi is generally seen as calm and collected. A player with a tremendous sense of composure despite being repeatedly hacked and physically beaten on the field.
Did FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi take millions from controversial Republic of Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba just to lay a brick at a stadium?
The Copa America is now two rounds in the books and there are now four teams left. The playing field for the MVP award known as the Golden Ball has been narrowed. Who has been the top star in the Copa America to date?
Lionel Messi is arguably the best player in the world and possibly even the best of all time. Today Lionel Messi turns 28, the peak of most athletes' careers.
Neymar finished his season with Barcelona scoring 40 goals including tallies in the finals of the Copa del Rey and Champions League. He had the kind of year that is often considered legendary and seemed on his way to being a finalist for the 2015 Ballon d'Or.
The 2014-15 season will come to an end this weekend with the Champions League final. The summer festivities will then get underway with the Copa America and Euro Cup qualifiers.The Ballon d'Or conversations will also get underway as a means of seeing which players have emerged at the halfway mark of the year. Here is an early preview with the nominees less than six months away from being announced.
Cristiano Ronaldo's season has been over for one week. Lionel Messi's will be over in just days. At this point, with the Champions League still to be determined it is a good time to compare what the two seasons have been like for the world's two best players.
A big week loomed for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. A big week loomed for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Heading into the week, both players had make or break games to play in both the Champions League and Spanish League.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi continued their tremendous seasons with two big games this past week. Each player contested a Champions League contest and then sought a new way to lead their respective clubs to Spanish League glory.
The Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi saga continued this past week with both players getting chances to make statements in the Champions League and the Spanish League.
