It’s not every day that a gift can manage to piss off an entire country, but it seems that Messi’s gift to the host of the Egyptian television show “Yes I am Famous” has done just that.
Messi donated a pair of football boots to the show in the name of Charity. He did so on live TV by handing them over to host Mona al-Sharqawi. Pretty straight forward, right?
Wrong.
Per the BBC:
Lionel Messi won't get out of Diego Maradona's potbellied, cocaine-snorting shadow until he wins a World Cup, which may partly explain why Messi hasn't spoken to Maradona since the 2010 iteration of the tournament, in which Maradona coached Argentina.
Given that Maradona has pretty much failed at everything (including the aforementioned Argentina-managing) he's tried since he won a World Cup himself back in 1986, we regard this as a good decision.
YouTube has received thousands of visitors looking for a parody of the movie 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', in which football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo embody Marvel characters and unleash their fury in an unprecedented fight.
The red cape superhero, Superman, is played by the Argentine star. Meanwhile, Batman is played by the Portuguese crack. The trailer keeps the same plot as the film it parodies starring Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck.
Being the President of the United States has its perks. It opena a lot of doors. You can meet pretty much anyone you want. Except, as Barack Obama found out recently, Lionel Messi.
While visiting Argentina, Obama noted in a speech that his daughters had wanted to meet the reigning Ballon d'Or winner, but he couldn't make it happen. In contrast, they did get to meet Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church.
The world seems to be at Paulo Dybala’s feet. The 22-year-old Argentine is lighting up Serie A to the tune of 14 goals and eight assists in 29 games. That is a staggering sum considering his age, and that he is in his first year at a new club, Juventus.
A hairy day for Barcelona that included an own goal and ended in a 2-2 draw vs Villareal turned especially bad for one woman when Lionel Messi took a shot in the 18th minute of the game. The shot, a powerful one launched from just outside the 18, flew off target and into the crowd, where it hit a supporter and apparently broke her arm.
الـMILF من المادريغال pic.twitter.com/IiP3m6lBKk
The last day of Champions League Round of 16 featured four world-renowned teams. Arsenal traveled to FC Barcelona hoping to make up a 2-0 aggregate deficit, while Bayern Munich and Juventus were tied at two.
We wouldn't blame you for thinking that Lionel Messi has broken every record worth breaking at Barcelona. He has smashed a lot of them. Most goals for Barcelona in La Liga, most goals for Barcelona in the Champions League, most goals in a calendar year and so on and so forth.
Lionel Messi became the first player to score 20+ goals in 8 successive La Liga seasons today.
Another record pic.twitter.com/FaTE6D07Vc
Have you ever wondered what it's like for a defender to face Lionel Messi? We've all seen him embarrass defenders on our T.V. screens, but that pales in comparison to actually having to go toe-to-toe with the Argentinian wizard.
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The passing of the guard is a rare thing to appreciate as it happens. Sure, people love to say, “we are watching a passing of the guard,” but even if they are correct, it still takes months, sometimes years to complete. What we see from a 19-year-old Messi in this next video is a performance that happened in the middle of such a passing: the transition of Barcelona from Ronaldinho’s team to Messi’s team. In it we watch Messi score a hat-trick against Real Madrid at the age of 19, a performance that showed the world that the hype was real.