Few things are as inevitable as the ball hitting the back of the net when Lionel Messi sizes up the target before executing a free-kick from 20 yards. Messi reminded world football – if we even needed a reminder – that he is still capable of delivering special moments during Inter Miami’s 2-1 win over...
There are portraits that precede greatness, snapshots of youthful genius. The boy with the indie-band bangs celebrating on Ronaldinho’s back, the bleach-blonde teen with blaugrana braces leaving a trail of Inter defenders in his wake. Almost exactly 20 years separated Lionel Messi’s first goal for Barcelona and Lamine Yamal’s sensational Champions League semi-final strike on...
Of all the reasons to start supporting a football club very few can compare with the story of one Argentine’s love for Bradford City. The then 10-year-old Ivo Soboleosky could have no idea that tuning in to see the Bantams’ stunning 4-2 FA Cup win at Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2015 would lead to a...
The Barcelona attack will feature Yamal, 17, on the right flank, the position played by Messi for the Spanish side with distinction for years. However Yamal, speaking at a media conference on Tuesday, rejected comparisons with his fellow graduate of the club’s La Masia academy. “I don’t compare myself to him, because I don’t compare...
AC Milan defender Kyle Walker made headlines three weeks ago for something he told forward Joao Felix. As the players came off at half-time of their Serie A game with Napoli, the England right-back was speaking to the Chelsea loanee in the tunnel and said “pass the ball, nobody here is Messi”. Milan, who are...
