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                           Goat of football with goat of cricket                                     



Goat of football meets goat of cricket, What a moment for sports world and even bigger event for Indian sports fan. Indian sports fans made atmosphere of the stadium electric from start to finish.

 

Lionel Messi is on the tour of India and he will be very happy what he is getting from Indian fans. Cricket legend Sachin greeted football legend Messi with giving him his 10 number jersey which worn during the 2011 world cup victory on the same ground.Messi and Sachin have so many similarities in their respective sports.  

 

 Messi met another Indian sports legend Sunil Chhetri where he exchanged jerseys with him. Sunil Chhetri is the goat of Indian football. This will be turning point for Indian football after this event. Many young will be motivated by this gathering and how fans treated this sports legend. 

 

Sunil Chhetri played 7v7 exhibition match at the Wankhede Stadium for this wonderful event with some Bengaluru FC players against celebrity team captained by Jim Sarbh and Bala Devi who is the captain of Indian women's football team.

 

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Messi's two superstar teammates Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul are with him on this ongoing tour of India and they will be very happy after what they are witnessing in India.   

 

After a disappointing moment in Kolkata, Lionel Messi and his tour set on the right way in Hyderabad and Mumbai.Now he will be in Delhi. 

 

Sachin Said," I have spent some incredible moments here. As we say, Mumbai is a city of dreams, and many dreams have reached their destination at this very venue without your support. we would never have witnessed those golden moments here in 2011." 

 

He also added that having Messi and his teammates stars Luis Saurez and Rodrigo de Paul at the Wankhede Stadium is also a "golden moment for Mumbai, Mumbaikars and India. The way you have received all three greats of the game has truly remarkable." 

 

Sachin said," when it comes to Leo, if I have to speak about his game, it wouldn't be the right platform and you know, what does one talk about him? he has achieved everything in football. We really admire his dedication, determination, commitment. and above all, his humility, the person that he is. and on behalf of Mumbaikars and Indians, I would like to wish him and his family the very best of the health and happiness to all of you. Thank you once again for being here and encouraging youngsters."

 

this is how one greats of the game should greets another greats of the game at their hometown. Messi also met respectfully with others.  

 

Maharastra's chief minister also take a great chance and put a project Mahadeva on a global stage which will give so many benefits to Indian football. He took initiative to develop football in the country with Bollywood star Tiger Shroff and Ajay devegan.  

 

 Also read : Lionel Messi's historic achievement in MLS.

 

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Lionel Messi is the biggest name in the football history. Where ever he put his feet he always  makes his impact. He prove this once again by winning back to back MVP trophies a  and led his team to first ever MLS cup title.

 

Messi is the first player to win MLS' MVP trophies back to back in 2024 and 2025. This shows how good he is at the age of 38. He won regular season and MLS cup final's MVP award.

 

Messi was brilliant in MLS cup playoffs and all matches of the season.Messi was outstanding in the final of MLS cup, contributing in all three goals while assisting in 2 goals.Messi has now won 48 titles in his career. Messi setting up Paul in the 71st minute and Tadeo in second half stoppage time.

 

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Messi with another record of 15 goals contribution, six goals and nine assists in a single post season. Messi was just one goal away from equaling of 49 goal contribution which was set by Los Angeles FC legend Carlos Vela in 2019.

 

Messi also became the first player in MLS history to score 10 multi goal matches in a single season. He is the only other one to win MLS' MVP trophies with Serbian player Perki who won this award in 1997 and 2003.    

 

Messi put MLS league on the global stage with his solid performance, his impact on the game, his fan following around the world. 

 

Messi is the only player to contribute in 36+ goal in two consecutive season: 2024 and 2025.  Messi become Inter Miami's leading scorer and provider.  

 

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 FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE DRAW
 
  
Yes it's here, World's biggest competition is on the way to rock in the 2026. There will be 12 groups in the world cup. For the first time in history there will be 48 teams which take part in 2026's world cup. 

 

42 teams already made their place in the world cup while 22 teams still are in the race to make their spot in the biggest sports competition.  

 

Group A, G, I, L: There will be one group which called 'Group of death'. which can be any of one from these four.     

 

As a host nation Mexico, the USA and Canada are automatically qualified and these three teams are respectively in Group A,Group D and Group B.

 
 Teams with their groups in the FIFA World Cup 2026:
 

Group A: Mexico, South Africa, Republic of Korea, UEFA Play-off D winner 

 

Group B: Canada, UEFA Play-off A winner, Qatar, Switzerland

 

Group C: Brazil, Morocco,Haiti, Scotland

 

Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, UEFA Play-off C winner 

 

Group E: Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador

 

Group F: Netherlands, Japan, UEFA Play-off B winner, Tunisia

 

Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

 

Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

 

Group I: France, Senegal, FIFA Play-ofwf 2 winner, Norway 

 

Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

 

Group K: Portugal, FIFA Play-off 1 winner, Uzbekistan, Colombia

 

Group L: England, Ghana, Croatia, Panama.

    

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Football: Argentina's legendary footballer Diego Maradona passed away due to a heart attack on Wednesday. Maradona suffered a heart attack in Tigre, Buenos Aires after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain earlier this month, according to reports.

He is arguably the best player ever live with Pele. Many said that Maradona and Pele are the best players of all time. 

Maradona gave Argentina the best gift in 1986 when he single handily won a Worldcup for Argentina. His "hand of God" goal will always be remembered.   

Maradona won the best player of the award in the 1986 World Cup. Maradona's performance against England in the 1986 world cup always be remembered. Maradona scored a goal with his hand against England's goalkeeper Peter Shilton. He dedicated this goal to the hand of God.

and his other goal in the game was voted as the goal of the century. after getting pass inside his own half, Maradona dribbled at full speed past four England players, and with a crazy move, he rolled a ball into the net from a very hard position to score. Argentina defeated Germany in the final.

He led his team to another final in the next world cup but Argentina lost to Germany 1-0.


Maradona won 2 Serie A titles with Napoli in 1987 and 1990. 


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Pele said and paid tribute to the legendry footballer by posting on his Twitter account," What sad news, I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend. There still much to be said, but for now, may God give strength to family members. One day, I hope we can play football together in the sky."

Many think Pele is the Greatest Footballer Of All Time and many think Diego Maradona is the greatest of all time. Both are considered the Greatest Of All Time.  

Another greatest of the game Lionel Messi posted on his Instagram:" A very sad day for all Argentines and for football. He leaves us but does not leave, because Diego is eternal."

One of the best of the current generation Cristiano Ronaldo Also paid tribute to Diego," Today I bid farewell to a friend and the world farewells to an eternal genius."

" One of the best ever an unmatched magician. Leaves too soon but leaves a boundless legacy and a void that will never be filled. RIP. You will   never be forgotten."


 


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EPL: Manchester City missed a great opportunity to take all 3 points in a game. Manchester City's best player Kevin De Bruyne missed this golden opportunity.  Pep's side was held by Liverpool in the premier league on Sunday. 


Now, After this draw, Liverpool is in 3rd place in the EPL standing and Manchester City is way behind them in the 11th spot but they have one game in hand.  


Mohamed Salah has scored eight EPL goals for Liverpool this season. 


10', Manchester City conceded a penalty after Liverpool's forward Sadio Mane was fouled by Kyle Walker. Kyle Walker tried to stop Sadio but Sadio was very clever on that play and with just a touch of Kyle Walker he fell onto the ground and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. 


13', Goal-Liverpool, Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Salah's shot was too powerful for Ederson who made the right choice and jumped to the side of a ball but before he reached the ball, It went into the right side of the net. 


25', What a chance for Manchester City as De Bruyne made a wonderful pass into Liverpool's penalty area where Sterlin found himself totally open when he received a ball from De Bruyne. Sterlin made shot a ball but it was denied by Liverpool's goalkeeper, A very good save by Custodian.


31', Goal-Manchester City, Gabriel Jesus, A clever play by Brazilian. Once again De Bruyne made a great pass to Jesus, Jesus made a wonderful play and past Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joel Matip with ease to put a ball into a net with left-footed touch. What a goal by Brazilian star and Manchester City came back in a game with an equalizer.


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32', Kevin de Bruyne's long-range shot just missed by a very little margin from going into a net. 


39', Manchester City got a penalty after a decision made from a review where a ball touch on Gomez's left hand in the penalty box of Liverpool.


42', Kevin de Bruyne had a great chance to take home all 3 points but he missed this great opportunity and also missed a chance to take all 3 points. He entirely missed a target from a 12 yard.


44', What a save by Ederson. Salah passed a ball to running man Alexander-Arnold. No Manchester City defender was around Alexander to guard him. He was totally open and had a lot of space to shoot a ball. He made a powerful shot but Manchester City's goalkeeper was in his way to stop a ball. Ederson made one of the best save of the season. After a save a ball passed between his leg but once again he saved it from going into a net.


55', Gabriel Jesus with a lofted pass to find Joao at the edge of the six-yard box. Joao had a great chance but he was unable to hit a ball towards a net and missed a post by a big margin.


 

Leicester City is on the top with 18 points in 8 games Tottenham is in second place in EPL. 


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UEFA Champions League: Manchester United stuns PSG with the help of Rashford's late strike.

 

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UEFA Champions League: PSG is the last season's runners-up in the UCL but they faced a shock defeat against English side Manchester United in their first game of the season. 


PSG lost a game 2-1 goal and all goals were scored by Manchester United's side.  


PSG held a ball in their feet more than Manchester United as they took 61% possession in a game compared to Manchester United's only 39 %. Both teams shot a ball with the same number 14 times. PSG was able to make a shot on the target 5 times meanwhile Manchester United was able to make a shot on target 6 times.


Manchester United was playing away from home in the PSG's arena and they are unbeaten in 7. This was Neymar's 500th club game of his career. 


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In the 2018-19 UCL season, Rashford was the one who put PSG out of the UEFA Champions League by making a stoppage-time penalty. In this game, he fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area to the bottom left corner of the net.


12', De Maria made a powerful curl shot from the middle edge of the box but it was superbly saved by De Gea.


Just under a minute in the 12th minute of the De Gea made another great save.   


23', Goal- Manchester United- Bruno Fernandes, Diallo made a mistake and he fouled Martial, Referee pointed to the penalty spot. Manchester United's Goli Navas saved the first attempt but referee cancelled that penalty and gave another penalty to Manchester United because Navas was off his line. This time Manchester's No. 18 didn't make a mistake and put a ball into the net, Navas jumped the wrong side to stop a ball. 


48', Once again De Gea saved Manchester United as he stopped Mbappe's right-footed powerful shot going into the net of Manchester United's post. A splendid save by Dave de Gea. This was his third stop of the night.   


55', Goal- PSG- Martial(OG), Martial tried to clear a ball on Neymar's serve but he was unable to do it with his header and he put a ball into a net. He scored a goal for his opposing team. Neymar with the cross coming in and it came off the head of Manchester United's center forward. It's an own goal. 


58', Rashford had a great chance to score a goal when he was alone running with a ball and nearly going to shoot a ball but he was intercepted by PSG's defender. 


87', Goal- Manchester United, Rashford, Rashford got a ball from Pogba and made one turn, and with two touches to a ball, he made a powerful right-footed shot from the edge of the box. Navas had no answer to stop that shot. Rashford's late goal gave them a 2-1 victory in the first game of Group H. 


Group H Table:

TeamGPWLDPoints
RB Leipzig11003
Manchester United 11003
PSG10100
Istanbul Basaksehir10100


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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona crushes Hungarian side Ferencvaros.

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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona forget their past season in the UCL and now they are moving ahead with the overwhelming victory over Hungarian side Ferencvaros in Group G. Messi names another record as he scored in 16 consecutive UCL seasons.  


Barcelona suffered a 1-0 defeat in La Liga against Getafe in La Liga. This is the first time Ferencvaros make it into the UEFA Champions League for 25 years. 


Ansu Fati becomes the first player to score more than one Champions League goal before turning 18. Pedri and Fati both are under 18 years old and they both scored against Ferencvaros. Barcelona is the first team ever to have a two-goal scorer aged 17 or under in a single UCL match. 


27', Goal- Barcelona- Lionel Messi, Lionel Messi drew a foul in the penalty area and won a penalty for Barcelona. Lionel Messi didn't make mistake and convert that penalty into a goal with his left-footed shot. Ferencvarosi guessed the right direction to stop the ball but he had no chance to stop it.


42', Goal- Barcelona- Ansu Fati, Frenkie de Jong made a great pass in the penalty area of the Ferencvaros which is wonderfully taken by Ansu Fati and just put a ball into the net with a right footed shot from the center of the bottom right corner.  


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52', Goal- Barcelona- Philippe Coutinho, Ansu Fati with a no-look pass with a right-footed flick to Coutinho put Coutinho open in a very good position to score a goal. Philippe Coutinho scored a  goal with his right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner of the Farencvaros' net. What a goal by Philippe Coutinho. 


68' Pique got a red card in the game. He tried to stop the opposing team's player by grabbing his T-Shirt from scoring him and as a result, he drew a red card for him. 


70', Goal- Ferencvarosi- Ihor Kharatin, This is the only one goal Ferencvarosi scored in a game. Ihor scored a goal with his left-footed shot from the penalty spot.  


82', Goal- Barcelona- Pedri, A very good assist made by Dembele to Pedri in the middle of the box, Pedri with a right-footed shot put a ball into the bottom left corner of the net. 


89', Goal- Barcelona- Dembele, In the second last minute of the game in regular time Messi passed a ball to an open man Dembele who put a ball with his right-footed one touch. An easy goal for Dembele. 


Barcelona started their UEFA Champions League campaign with a huge victory. Barcelona was played without their star player Pique after he got a red card when 20 minutes left in the game but Barcelona held their composer in a game and won the first match with 5-1 


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Aston Villa gave a huge loss to Liverpool In the last 57 years.
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English Premier League 2020: Aston Villa stunned current EPL champion, Liverpool, with a stunning 7-2 victory over them. This is the first time in EPL history Manchester United and Liverpool both lost a game by conceding 6 goals or more.


Ollie Watkins shine as he scored a hattrick and John McGinn added 35 minutes goal in the first half of the match. Aston Villa scored 4 goals in the first half of the game. Jack Grealish scored 2 goals in the second half of the match. Ross Barkley also scored one goal in the second half of the game. Jack Grealish contributed to 5 goals of 7 in a match.  


Mohamad Salah scored 2 goals for Liverpool one in the first half and one in the second half but it was not enough for Liverpool to avoid a humiliating defeat to Aston Villa which is now in the second place of the table. Manchester United also suffered a shock defeat to Tottenham Spurs on the same day but they were played most of the game with 10 men. 


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Aston Villa looks like in great form this season as they scored four goals in the first half of the match against Liverpool and became the first team to do it since Kloop became a coach of Liverpool in 2015. 


Watkins becomes the first player to score a hat trick against Liverpool in a Premier League. Dimitar Berbatov is the other one who scored a hat trick against Liverpool in EPL in 2010.


Liverpool put their name on history but for the not good reason. Liverpool is the first reigning EPL Champion who conceded 7 goals in an EPL match since Arsenal against Sunderland in 1953. 


This is the first time since the 1962-63 season, Aston Villa won all of their starting 3 games in the English Premier League. Grealish becomes only the second player after James Milner to make 3 assists in a game. 


Liverpool conceded 7 goals in a match for the first time since April 1963 where Spurs crushed them. Aston Villa has won 4 consecutive home EPL matches for the first time since October 2007. 


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Kane and Son both scored 2 goals in a game against Manchester United
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English Premier League 2020: Tottenham Hotspur gets a huge victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford and this is their biggest victory for them over Manchester United at Old Trafford. 


Tottenham Hotspur has a great week as they beat Chelsea on penalties in the Carabao Cup on Thursday. They got a huge victory over Maccabi Haifa to reach the Europa League group 7-1. Now they defeated Manchester United 6-1. What a week for Spurs.    


2 minutes, Goal, Manchester United- Bruno Fernandes, Sanchez fouled Martial, Manchester United got a penalty in the second minute of the game. Fernandes didn't make a mistake and put a ball with a little jump kick. 


4 minutes, Goal, Spurs- Tanguy Ndombele, Tanguy hammered home for Spurs instance equalizer. It was a sloppy play by a Manchester United defender which gave supers a chance to score a goal. 


7 minutes, Goal, Spurs- Son, Kane took a quick freekick with a turnaround kick, Son was there to take it in open space. He put a ball into the right corner of the net with just 2 touches. A very good goal by Son. 


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28 minutes, Manchester United's Martial got a red card because of hitting on the face of Spurs players. It was a huge blow for them. 


30 minutes, Goal, Spurs-Kane, Another bad play by Manchester defender who passed intercepted by Kane. Son got an assist by providing a ball to open men Kane who needed just one touch to score a goal.   


38 minutes, Goal, Spurs- Son, Son run from the outside of the penalty box area,  he got a ball and put a ball into the net with just one touch between the legs of Manchester United's Goalkeeper. A second goal for Son.


First Half: Manchester United 1- Tottenham Hotspurs 4


51 minutes, Goal, Spurs, Serge Aurier, Serge Aurier extended a lead to 5-1 on the lovely pass from his teammate. 


79 minutes, Goal, Spurs, Kane, Pogba fouled Ben Davies, There was no need for Pogba to made that big slide and drew a foul but he did it. Spurs got a penalty. Kane scored another goal in a game with a blazing penalty kick.  


This is the second-worst loss for Manchester United since they lost to Manchester City in October 2011, 6-1. 


Full Game: Tottenham Hotspurs 6 - Manchester United 1


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EPL: West Ham ends Leicester City's perfect run, Arsenal back on track.

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English Premier League 2020: Leicester City faces first defeat at home against West Ham. With this loss, It's perfect start ended in the EPL.  


Goal- West Ham, Michail Antonio,14', Michail Antonio who was fouled by Calgar Soyuncu took a quick free-kick. Cresswell made a superb play with a left-footed curl kick in the post. Antonio made a run after taking a free-kick when Creswell made that play he was in the Leicester's post to put a ball into a net with his free header.


Goal- West Ham, Pablo Fornals, 34', Another wonderful setup by Cressewells. Crossewells shot a ball very high, Fornals took it with elegance first touch by defeating offside. He made a run into the West Ham's penalty area and put a ball into a net by defeating Goalkeeper Kasper down by his near post.


Goal- West Ham, Jarrod Bowen, 83', This time Fornals was not on the scoring sheet but he made assist for his teammate. He took a ball from the other side of the ground and took a ball, made a long run, and made a superb pass which went to the open man Jarrod Bowen. Who was one on one against Schmeichel? He finished it for West Ham.   


West had a chance to get 4 consecutive victories for the first time in EPL after starting of the season but they missed this chance. Now West Ham falls behind league leader Everton which gets a perfect start in this year's EPL.


West Ham 3 - Leicester City 0


Arsenal gets back in winning ways after victory over Sheffield United.



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Arsenal is always a top team in the EPL. Now they made into the top five after a victory over Sheffield United.  


The first half was scoreless in the game.61 minutes, Goal, Arsenal- Bukayo Saka, Arsenal players showed a great ball movement in the game for the first goal as Bukayo Saka had to put a ball into a net with a header where he found himself totally open and He did it.


Just after 3 minutes, Arsenal bagged another goal. 64 minutes, Goal, Arsenal- Nicolas Pepe, Pepe play a one-two with his teammate and run with a ball into Sheffield United's post where he simply put a ball into a net by finding a bottom corner of it with his left-footed shot. What an individual goal by Pepe. 


83 minutes, David McGoldrick, Sheffield United, McGoldrick gave some hope to Sheffield United by scoring a superb goal with his left-footed curl shot but they found themself just short to win a game against Arsenal. 


Arsenal 2 - Sheffield United 1


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Bayern Munich dominates the 2019-20 season's UEFA awards.
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UEFA Awards 2020: Bayern Munich dominates UEFA awards. Robert Lewandowski bags the Player of the year award with the success of Bayern Munich in the season. Bayern won the Treble in the 2019-20 season. Robert Lewandowski was the main reason Bayern has a huge success in the 2020 season. 


Robert Lewandowski beat Man. City's Kevin De Bruyne and his own teammate Neuer to win this UEFA prestigious award. He won this award by a huge points difference. He gets 477 points while Bruyne got 90 points and Neuer gets 66 points.  


Robert Lewandowski wins this award because of his great performance in the season. He scored 34 goals in 21 Bundesliga games and 15 goals in UCL with 6 assists. In German Cup, he scored six goals. He scored a total number of 54 goals in the season. Robert Lewandowski wins the best forward of the season award. He grabbed two UEFA awards this season.


Last year Virgil van Dijk won the award playing with Liverpool and Netherlands. Before this Luka Modric won this award with Real Madrid and Portugal.


Last 10 Years Winner of UEFA Men's Player Of The Year:


SeasonPlayerCountry and Club
2019-20Robert LewandowskiPoland and Bayern Munich
2018-19Virgil van DijkNetherlands and Liverpool
2017-18Luka ModricCroatia and Real Madrid
2016-17Cristiano RonaldoPortugal and Real Madrid
2015-16Cristiano RonaldoPortugal and Real Madrid
2014-15Lionel MessiArgentina and Barcelona
2013-14Cristiano RonaldoPortugal and Real Madrid
2012-13Frank RiberyFrance and Bayern
2011-12Andre IniestaSpain and Barcelona
2010-11Lionel MessiArgentina and Barcelona


Manuel Nuer also wins his best Goalkeeper award with a huge margin in points. He got 376 points compared to his rival Jan Oblak who got 92 and Keylor Navas who got 92 points(PSG). Neuer played in 11 UEFA Champions League game and only 8 goals conceded with 6 clean sheets. In Bundesliga, he had 15 clean sheets in 33 games. 


Another Award goes to Bayern Munich's side as Hansi gets the Coach Of The Year Award. He beat Jurgen Klopp and Julian Nagelsmann to get this award.


Bayern's Joshua Kimmich wins this award by beating his own teammates in the race. He got 161 points while his teammate Alphonso Davies got 138 and David Alaba got 119 points. These 3 players played a major role to get Bayern Munich a treble. 


Winners Of The Awards:


WinnerAward
Pernille HarderUEFA Women's Player of the Year
Hansi FlickMen's Coach Of The Year
Jean-Luc Vasseur Women's Coach Of The Year
Manual NeuerMen's Goalkeeper Of The Year
Joshua KimmichMen's Defender Of The Season
Kevin De BruyneMen's Midfielder Of The Season
Robert LewandowskiMen's Forward Of The Season
Sarah BouhaddiWomen's Goalkeeper Of The Season
Wendie RenardWomen's Defender Of The Season
Dzsenifer MarozsanWomen's Midfielder Of The Season
Pernille HarderWomen's Forward Of The Season
Didier DrogbaUEFA President's Award


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UEFA Champions League Group Stage: Messi and Ronaldo. These are the big names in the football world and rule for nearly a decade. 


This is the first time in their career Lionel Messi and Ronald will face each other in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona and Juventus are both placed in the same group of the champions league. Messi won 6 Ballon d'Or and Ronaldo won 5 times this award. Both were rivals in La Liga. 


Ronaldo won 4 UEFA Champions titles with Real Madrid in 5 years and he won a total number of  5 UEFA Champions League Titles. Messi won 4 UCL titles. Ronaldo is ahead of Messi in UCL. Ronaldo scored 130 goals in 170 matches while Messi scored 115 goals in 143 matches at UCL. Messi had a chance to win another title last season but they faced a blowout loss to Bayern Munich which won a title. Barcelona lost that game 8-2.



Messi achieved many awards and titles in his early career while Ronaldo achieved many titles and awards with Real Madrid. Ronaldo achieved all his titles and awards in the middle of his career. Now he is ahead of his arch-rival Lionel Messi in UEFA Champions League.   


Barcelona and Lionel Messi faced many problems in recent times. Messi nearly left Barcelona but Barcelona somehow manage to keep him. Suarez also moves to Athletico from Barcelona. So It will be tough for Barcelona to give their best in the next season. If Ronaldo and Juventus will play at full strength than they have a chance to top the group. It is always important to top in the group stage for any club at UCL.


First, they met in 2008 where Manchester United won the semifinals and they ended up winning a trophy. In 2009, Barcelona won the title by defeating Manchester United in the finals where Messi scored the second goal. Last they faced each other in 2010/2011's semifinals where Messi outplayed Ronaldo.  Ronaldo never scored any goal against Messi's team.  


 Dynamo Kyiv and Ferencvaros ae the other teams which will join Barcelona and Juventus in their Group. The Hungarian Club made it to the group stage for the first time in many years.


Teams took part in a program of UEFA for the draw of 2020-21 season online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which took part on Thursday. 


Current Champion Bayern Munich is paired with Athletico Madrid in Group A. Manchester United is paired with PSG in Group H. 


Group A: Bayern Munich, Athletico Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow

Group B: Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Borussia, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group C: Manchester City, Porto, Olympiakos, Marseille

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland

Group E: Chelsea, Sevilla, Krsnodar, Rennes

Group F: Zenit St. Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge

Group G: Barcelona, Juventus, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencvros

Group H: PSG, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Baakehir

   


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Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne, and Manuel Neuer shortlisted for the UEFA Player Of The Year.
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UEFA Awards: Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski with his teammate Manuel Neuer and Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne shortlisted for the 2019-20 UEFA Men's Player Of The Year Award.


It is the first time in 10 years no Messi or Ronaldo is shortlisted for this award. Messi won this award 2 times in his 6 shortlisting meanwhile Ronaldo won this award 3 times in his 9 times shortlisting.  


Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)


He is the main reason for the Bayern Munich Treble of the season. He netted 55 goals in 47 games for Bayern Munich. He scored 15 goals in the UEFA Champions League. He is in superb form this season for Bayern. 


Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich, GK)


It's hard for any goalkeeper to make into the top 3 for any award but Manual Neuer is doing with his great performance on the defensive end. He is also the reason behind Bayern's treble. In the UEFA Champions League 6 times, his opponent teams were unable to score against him. In Bundesliga Neuer conceded only 31 goals in 33 appearances with 15 clean sheets. 


Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)


He has a talent and he is a pillar of his Machester City team. He scored 13 goals in the Premier League while putting a record with 20 assists. 


In this award, all 3 players are selected by a jury which involves 80 coaches of the club that participate in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League(32) and the UEFA Europa League(48). There are also 55 journalists who are selected by the European Sports Media group, One from each of UEFA's member associations. 


The first selected gets 5 points, the second number player gets 3 points and 3rd number player gets 1 point. This is the process for the best player among the top 3 UEFA player of the year. 


Here is the list of other players who are in the Top 10:


4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 5. Neymar(PSG), 6. Thomas Muller(Bayern Munich), 7. Mbappe(PSG), 8. Thiago Alcantara(Bayern Munich), 9. Joshua Kimmich(Bayern Munich), 10. Cristiano Ronaldo(Juventus)  


It is all dominance of Bayern Munich in the top 10 shortlisted players. 


Nagelsmann, Flick, and Klopp are shortlisted for the Men's coach of the year. Bronze, Harder, and Renard selected for the Women's Player of the year award. 


Lewandowski is the favourite to win a UEFA Men's Player Of The Year award. 


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Lionel Messi is one of the greatest football of all time. He plays for Barcelona from his childhood, Barcelona is the main reason for the development of the Messi as a footballer. Messi achieved many things with Barcelona and he gave many magical moments to Barcelona. 


But now all things look different for Barcelona and their captain Lionel Messi. Messi's decision to leave Barcelona put the whole football world in shock. Messi is frustrated with Barcelona after humiliating loss to Bayern Munich 8-2 in the UCL and they also lost La Liga title to their arch-rival Real Madrid where they are favorite to win a title and they also was top of the table when football resumed after coronavirus pandemic. Barcelona was not doing well in recent years. Messi declared his decision to leave Barcelona as per reports. 


Already Messi is 33 years old, There are many footballs left in him and which team doesn't want to sign Messi.  


PSG's coach already said after UCL loss," He is very welcome, very welcome, Which coach says no to Messi." 


This means if Messi's decision to play with PSG is happening than PSG would like to get him but PSG's top priority would be defense, They would like to add more defense in PSG's team. 


Messi achieved many things under the Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola when he was with Barcelona. So Messi would like to play with his former coach who is best suited for him and his one of the best friends is in Manchester City- Sergio Aguero. 


Messi has a contract until 2021 but he is not happy with the club and he already gave his decision to leave Barcelona. Barcelona is fully aware that the clause which allows Messi to leave for free expired on June 10. Barcelona now able to hold him until the Messi's 


Messi won 34 trophies in Barcelona, 6 Ballon d'Or, 6 European Golden Boot, and 7 Pichichi. Messi scored 634 goals and made 256 assists which means 890 goals and assists for Barcelona. He played 731 games for Barcelona in from them he started in 649 games for Barcelona. He won 513 games, lost 83, and 135 came with no result. This all stats show how much Messi is important for Barcelona. If Messi will leave Barcelona and join other clubs like Manchester City or PSG or Mancher United than it would be great for those clubs which will sign him If this happens and he will leave a big hole in Barcelona.

Bayern Munich's outstanding performance put Barcelona in the dust. 
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Barcelona was humiliated by Bayern Munich at UCL with the 8-2 victory of Bayern at UCL. Bayern already favorites to win this game but not in this way with a team like Barcelona and players like Messi and Saurez.


3 minutes, Goal- Thomas Muller, Bayern Munich, Thomas Muller passed a ball to the Lewandowski and he passed a ball back to Muller. Muller finished with his left-footed shot in the right corner of the Barcelona net. No one was there to guard Thomas Muller.


7 minutes, Goal- Devid Alaba(OG), Barcelona, Alba tried to pass a ball to Saurez who was coming into the penalty area of Bayern but a ball was intercepted by Alaba who tried to clear a ball but it a ball went into the net of Bayern and OG for Bayern. it was an awful moment for David Alaba. Neuer had no chance at all to stop the ball going in a net. he just deflected it. 


9 minutes, Saurez had a chance to take a lead when he was one on one with Neuer he just has to flick a ball but he missed it because a good save made by Neuer.


10 minutes, Lionel Messi curve cross-shot just hit the post but before that Sergio had a chance to put that curve pass into a net but he missed it. What an opportunity missed by Barcelona.


21 minutes, Goal- Perisic, Bayern Munich, Gnabry took a ball to the Barca penalty area from the center of the field and passed a ball to Perisic who scored a goal with a left-footed shot. There was no one to guard him.

26 minutes, Messi with the good ball in on Barcelona player's header who missed a post by just a margin.

 

27 minutes, Goal- Serge Gnabry, Bayern Munich, another sloppy play by Barcelona in a defense. Goretzka made a lob pass to Lenglet who passed a ball to Gnabry. Gnabry took a ball and shot a ball with a lot of power. There was no chance for Ter Stegen.


29 minutes, Lewandowski had a great and easy chance to score but he missed a golden opportunity to extend their lead. A ball touched  Ter Stegen's right foot and deflected.


31 minutes, Goal-Thomas Muller, Bayern Munich, Kimmich passed a ball towards Muller who was in Barca's penalty area who put a ball with just a touch of his right foot.   


First Half: Bayern Munich 4 - Barcelona 1


In the First half, It was total domination by Bayern. They got many chances and made many attacks on Barca defends. Barcelona's defense was awful in the first half of the Game. Barcelona also got some chances to score a goal but they failed to do it.


57 minutes, Goal- Barcelona, Luis Suarez, There was Boateng to stop Suarez but Suarez flicked a ball and past Botend and then scored a clinical goal with his left foot. A masterclass goal by Luis Suarez. 


63 minutes, Goal- Kimmich, Bayern Munich, What a brilliant play by Alphonso Davis. he passed nearly half the Barcelona team and passed a ball to Kimmich who just had to put a ball into the net. An absolutely brilliant play made by this talented teenager named Alphonso Davis. 


68 minutes, Another sloppy play by Barcelona. Thomas Muller was in the post are and he put a ball near the penalty spot and there were no Barcelona players to stop a shot of Kingsley but his shot was barely deflected by Jordi Alba who intercepted a shot.


82 minutes, Goal- Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski registered his name on scoring shit. Lewandowski headed a ball into a net in which a passed is made by Semedo. 54 goals for Robert in this remarkable season. 


86 minutes, Goal- Philippe Coutinho, Bayern Munich, It was a bad night for Barca in the defense. it looked like they are doing defense in sleep. Coutinho put a ball into a net with 2nd touch on the ball between the legs of Pique.


89 minutes, Goal-Philippe Coutinho, Bayern Munich, Another Goal For Coutinho against his former club, and devastating loss for Barcelona. Coutinho came off the bench and scored 2 goals within 4 minutes. 


Now This season is called the worst season for Barcelona as they lost  La Liga's title where they were favorite to win the title before the resume of La Liga. Now in UEFA Champion League, They are out of it with a humiliating and embarrassing loss to Bayern.


Now Bayer Munich is in Top 4 in UCL and they have now big chance to win a treble this season. They tell the football world that no one can stop them after crushing victory over Barcelona. Whenever Barcelona faces Bayern Munich Always have an upper hand mentally. 


In this game, it looks like there is no Messi in a game and Barcelona's defense getting older. They had no chance against Bayern Munich's offense who scored so many goals this season. This is the first time Barcelona conceded four goals in the first half for the first time ever and Thomas Muller is the only player to score 6 goals against Barcelona at UCL.  


Full Game: Bayern Munich 8- Barcelona 2 

  




 

     

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