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Messi Europe's top scorer for third straight year
Lionel Messi has become the first player to win Europe’s Golden Shoe award for three straight years after his nearest challenger Kylian Mbappe failed to score the four goals he needed in Paris St Germain’s final league match of the season on Friday.
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Messi torments Liverpool with 600th Barca goal in 3-0 win
Liverpool, who were beaten 3-1 in last year’s final by Real Madrid, played far better than the scoreline suggested, carving out a number of clear chances but spurning them all.
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Messi’s motivation spurs on Barcelona, says Rakitic
The pressure is particularly intense for Messi, whose four Champions League titles include only one in the last seven seasons and still fewer than the five of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Liverpool's flying full-backs ready for Barca test
Virgil van Dijk has hogged the spotlight among Liverpool's defenders with a superb campaign that earned the Dutch centre-back the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award.
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Relentless Barca in Liga of their own
After dropping points in five of their opening 12 games, Barca went on a relentless run after the Betis loss, winning 18 of their next 23 matches to get their hands on the trophy.
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Goal-shy Man Utd pray for another Champions League miracle
Unlike their experience in losing the first leg of their last-16 tie on home soil 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain, United were not outclassed by the Catalan giants in a 1-0 defeat on Wednesday.
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Stopping Messi not mission impossible for Man Utd, says Solskjaer
Messi scored in both of Barca’s Champions League final victories over United, in 2009 and 2011, and is hungry to win the competition for a fifth time.
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There no point in resting Messi, says Valverde
Barcelona are 10 points clear at the top of the Spanish League ahead of Tuesday's away game, followed by a home tie with second-place Atletico Madrid on Saturday and then Manchester United away in a Champions League quarterfinal next Wednesday.
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Angry Messi says son questions why Argentines criticise him
The 31-year-old's return to the national side last week after an eight-month absence was marred by a humiliating 3-1 loss to Venezuela in a friendly. A groin strain then forced him to sit out an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Morocco.
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Messi back for Argentina after eight month absence
Interim coach Lionel Scaloni named the five-time World Player of the Year in his squad for the friendlies against Venezuela and Morocco.
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Lyon hoping to limit Messi's influence
Captain Nabil Fekir will be suspended for the game, limiting Lyon’s striking power as Bruno Genesio’s side will rely on defender Ferland Mendy.
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Messi penalty lifts Barca as Griezmann eclipses Torres
Messi’s fitness was again in the spotlight after a niggling thigh strain, but he completed the full 90 minutes and hit the 30-goal mark at Barcelona for the 11th straight season.
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Big spenders under pressure to deliver Champions League returns in last 16
Barcelona and Real Madrid have ended the French champions' dreams at this stage in each of the past two seasons.
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Messi back in training but Valverde will not take risks
Lionel Messi is a doubt for the first leg at the Camp Nou on Wednesday after feeling discomfort in his thigh during Sunday's draw with Valencia.
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Messi makes plea for Sala search to resume
Lionel Messi's plea comes after Sala's father and other players, including Valentin Vada and Diego Rolan, begged authorities to continue the search.
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Argentina coach hopeful Messi will return to national team
Messi took a sabbatical from the national side after another disappointing World Cup, with Argentina knocked out in the second round after winning just one game in four.
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[TOONED IN] EWN's top cartoons for 2018
Here's a roundup of the 10 most popular cartoons created by Eyewitness News' cartoonists at Africartoons.
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Modric criticises Ballon d'Or gala snub by Messi, Ronaldo
Croatian captain Modric said in a newspaper interview on Saturday the pair’s absence from the gala in Paris on 3 December did not make sense.
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Ronaldo wants Messi to resume their rivalry in Italy
Ronaldo moved to Serie A champions Juventus in July for €100 million after spending nine trophy-laden seasons at Real Madrid.
