Lionel Messi waved to the Parisian crowds on Tuesday after the news officially broke that he will be joining Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal with an option for a third. Messi landed at Le Bourget airport to finalize the greatest transfer in European soccer history. For those asking, “what did Messi’s shirt say?” his t-shirt read: This is Paris.
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The reason you won’t see some of the best men's soccer players at the Olympics is sort of peculiar. In order to preserve the status of the World Cup as the greatest international event for men’s soccer, an Olympic soccer age limit was instituted for the men's tournament.
The men's Olympic soccer tournament only features players under 23 years old, with three exceptions for each country.
Paris Saint-Germain is the clear favorite for the best summer transfer window. The Parisian club hasn’t even remotely broken the bank as the potential PSG starting XI 2021 continues to get beefier.
According to Transfermarkt’s player market values, PSG has signed about $200 million worth of talent this summer. The club has only spent $83.6 million. The free transfers of Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Georginio Wijnaldum have come in clutch for PSG.
Soccer is a sport that is very different from others, it's rare to find another sport where the feet are the most fundamental role and where the talent has to be from that part of the body. However, a soccer player must not only have "magic feet", but must also possess other physical and mental qualities to shine in this game.
La Copa América 2021 ha llegado a su fin después de tres semanas de partidos memorables y actuaciones impresionantes, que concluyeron con una gran final épica en el estadio de Maracaná entre dos de los equipos más poderosos del continente, Argentina y Brasil. La espera ha merecido la pena, ya que los aficionados de todo el mundo han podido seguir de cerca a algunos de los jugadores más interesantes del planeta.
En medio de una reunión del Mercosur, el polémico presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, le dijo a su similar de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, cuál era su pronóstico para la final de la Copa América, la cual enfrenta a ambos países. Bolsonaro usó el tema como una forma de desactivar las tensiones en una áspera jornada entre los principales líderes sudamericanos.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil forward Neymar said he hopes Argentina will be their opponents in the Copa América final and has no doubts that the hosts would come out on top against their fierce rivals.
Brazil beat Peru 1-0 in Monday's semifinal in Rio de Janeiro thanks to a 35th minute goal from Lucas Paquetá to book their spot in Saturday’s decider at the Maracanã stadium.
The second semifinal between Argentina and Colombia is on Tuesday.
There’s something enthrallingly stagelike about these Copa América knockout round matches behind closed doors. If Euro 2020 is acting as a celebration of the world moving forward with vaccinations, the Copa can be seen as a reminder of the pandemic’s enforced isolation mixed with unhinged personal tendencies.
Brasil es el primer finalista de la Copa América 2021. La verde-amarela derrotó a Perú en un partido más bien gris, iluminado apenas por una genialidad de Neymar, un acto de escapismo digno de Harry Houdini y que sirvió a Lucas Paquetá para convertir el único gol del partido.
La victoria de Uruguay 1-0 sobre Paraguay y la goleada 4-1 de Argentina sobre Bolivia cerraron la fase de grupos de la Copa América 2021.
El punto a destacar, por supuesto, fue Lionel Messi, quien se convirtió en el jugador con más partidos en la historia de la Albiceleste, con 148. En modo celebratorio, La Pulga además dio una asistencia y marcó un doblete en el triunfo ante la selección altiplánica.
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