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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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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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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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Barcelona will face Bayern Munich to take place in the Semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. In the UEFA Champions League Barcelona has not good records against Bayern Munich when they faced each other in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona lost 5 games to Bayern in the UCL and won only 2 games. 


They met each other in the UEFA Champions league 5 years ago where Barcelona won the first league of Semifinals with 3-0 and lost another semifinals 3-2 but advanced into the Finals with an aggregate of 5-3 and that year Barcelona won their last UCL title after that they were unable to do it again. 


Bayern Munich won their last UEFA Champions League title in 2013 when they beat Borrusia Dortmund.

 

Bayern is playing so great and Barcelona is not :


After a Long Time, These two teams will face each other in the UEFA Champions League. Bayern Munich already clinched Bundesliga and DFB Cup and now they will try to win UEFA Champions League to complete the Treble. Meanwhile, Barcelona lost La Liga to their arch Rival Real Madrid where they were favorite to win La Liga season after resuming a season but they played very bad and lost it. This season is not good for Barcelona and They will like to end their season by winning UCL title.


Bayern is in great form this season, Their unbeaten run extended to 27 games. RB Leipzig is the only team that was able to stop Bayern from scoring. Bayern scored 86 goals in these 27 games and giving away only 20 goals. Bayern won all their first 8 games in UEFA Champions League and they netted 31 goals in the competition. 


Messi is not the one who used to be and Robert Lewandowski is superb for Bayern 


Robert Lewandowski did a great job this season for Bayern Munich, He scored 53 goals in 44 games for Bayern Munich. In UEFA Champions League, Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals, 3 goals more than second numbered Erling Haaland. In Bayern match u against Chelsea, Robert Lewandowski involved in all 7 goals where they won fixture by 7-1. Robert Lewandowski scored three goals in games against Chelsea. 


Messi scored many goals this season for Barcelona in La Liga where they lost the title to Real Madrid. Messi scored only 3 goals in this year's UEFA Champions League which was lowest by him. Messi scored 31 goals this season and assisted as many as 27 times in all competitions. Lio Messi scored 25 goals in La Liga.   


Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal will be back from suspension and their star defender Umtiti is injured so he will miss. Dembele is back in training with Barcelona. 


Battle Between Goalkeeper: Neuer or Marc-Andre Ter Stegen


Neuer is already 34 years old and he is playing his best football at this age. In Bundesliga Neuer have most clean sheets with 15. 


Marc-Andre Ter Stegen also have14 clean cheats out of 36 games which is a very good thing for Barcelona. 


Bayern supporting cast doing a wonderful job this season where Thomas Muller made 21 assists this season only Lionel Messi is the one who is ahead of him in assist. 


For Barcelona, There are many stars in their line up who can give a win to Barcelona on their given day but they are not in a great form this season which could trouble Barcelona. 


The good news for Barcelona is that Messi played like his old self in a game against Napoli. 

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Barcelona won its first game in style and now they played at home after resuming La Liga season against Leganes.  After 101 days game played in the Barcelona Stadium Camp Nou. They won the match 2-0 with the help of Lionel Messi and Ansu Fati.

In the last match, Barcelona won against Mallorca 4-0 and it was a dominance performance by Barcelona. 

Messi registered 699 goals for Barcelona and his national team Argentina. He scored 629 goals for Barcelona and 70 goals for Argentina. Barcelona won consecutive 39 games without any loss at home. 

12 minutes, Leganes nearly score when Roque Mesa made a headed pass to the open man Guerrero, Guerrero had so many spaces to shoot a ball and he manages to shot a ball into the net with his right-footed shot, his shot passed Ter Stegen but Lenglet blocked the ball and gave Barcelona slight relief. 

13 minutes, Miguel Angel Guerrero's right-footed shot hit the right side of the post-it was inch away from scoring a goal. It was Roque Mesa who put a ball in that position.    

42 minutes, Goal Ansu Fati. Fati made some cuts, turn and hit a ball with his right foot, and the ball went into a net. A stunning goal from a young talented player.

50 minutes, Lionel Messi won a free-kick and he took a free kick with the left foot but it was saved by Leganes Goalkeeper.

54 minutes, Roger Assale's right-footed shot was stopped by Ter Stegen. 

64 minutes, Antoine Griezmann scored a goal with left-footed touch but it was overturned after a VAR review. He was just offside.  

67 minutes, What a run by Messi he passed so many Leganes players, made an awesome run, and drew a foul. Messi didn't miss this golden opportunity and scored a goal by putting the ball into the bottom right corner of the net. Leganes Goalkeeper jumped to the left side to stop the ball.   

82 minutes, Carrillo right-footed shot just missed a post, A ball passed to him by Kevin Rodrigues.  

88 minutes, Riqui Puig shot was blocked by Leganes' goalkeeper. 

Not a great performance by Barcelona but it was enough to take a win at home. Leganes had many chances to score a goal but it all blocked and saved by Barcelona. There was not good play by Barcelona from the defensive side.  

Barcelona dominated the game in the possession by taking a ball 75% in their feet. 

Next Game: Barcelona Vs Sevilla
                      Leganes vs Mallorca

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Barcelona  1     -  Ath. Madrid  1 Agg(3-2)

FC Barcelona made  7 Copa del Rey finals appearances in the last 9 years!

Messi and Luis Suarez's goals help Barcelona to reach in Copa Del Rey final. Neymar missed a second leg due to suspension. Luis Suarez missed the final of Copa Del Rey after receiving a red card in the second leg of the semifinal. A Breathless match went into the favor of Barcelona.

5' minute, Luis Suarez made a wonderful play with Adra Turan, Turan passed a ball to Suarez, Suarez made a very good first touch and struck a ball very powerfully but Moya sends away a ball. Corner for Barca.    

6' minute, Ath. Madrid made a counter-attack, Koke wide into an area, He outplayed Barca defender and shots a ball very Powerfully but Cillessen was in a way he stops the ball. A great chance for Ath.Madrid.

16' minute another chance for Ath. Madrid, Barcelona was sloppy in defense. Coke took a ball and made a powerful shot but once again it was denied by Cillessen. In the first 20 minutes Ath. Madrid Outplayed Barcelona.

43' minute, Goal Luis Suarez, Barcelona, Andre Gomez made a very good pass to Suarez, Suarez gave a ball to Messi, Messi made his signature run towards Ath. Madrid's penalty area, He outplayed 4 defenders of Athletico Madrid and shots a ball but it was blocked by Moya, Luis Suarez grabbed a rebound and put a ball into the net with ease no one is guarding him. 

57' minute Sergio Roberto fouled very badly on Luis, He got a first yellow card fouling on Luis and got a second one making an argument with the referee. A red card for Sergio.

59' minute, Ginzmann put a ball into the Barca net but it was offside. Replay indicated that he was onside. A bad decision by Linesman.

69' minute, Carrasco got a second yellow card of a game and Ath. Madrid got down to 10 men. Carrasco made a heavy tackle on Adra Turan.

77' minute, Lionel Messi had a goal but it was sent off by crossbar on free-kick. this time Messi was not going for his curl free-kick but this time he made a straight free-kick. A wonderful free-kick but it was denied by Post Bar. A jaw-dropping genius from Messi.



Gameiro hit a post-bar and missed a chance to leveled a game from the penalty spot.

79'minute, Pique fouled Gameiro, Referee pointed to the penalty spot. Once again a bad decision by the referee. Gameiro missed an olden chance to leveled a game when he sent a ball over a post-bar of Barcelona.

83' minute, Goal Gameiro, Athletico Madrid, Pique failed to send a ball away from the penalty area, a ball directly went to Grinzmann, Grinzmann passed a ball into a penalty area to Gameiro. Umtiti made a mistake. This time Gameiro put a ball into a net.


Luis Suarez will miss the final of Copa Del Rey after getting two yellow cards in three minutes.

90' minute, the referee showed a second yellow card to Suarez because of hitting an elbow on  Coke's face. Barcelona made it to the final despite down to 9 men. The first was a clear foul but Suarez was perhaps right to feel aggrieved at the second, with Koke making the most of their aerial collision as referee Jesus Gil Manzano produced his third red card of the evening.

Barcelona will now meet either Alaves or Celta Vigo in the final, with those sides playing the second leg of their semi-final tie on Wednesday.

Luis Enrique said, "We want to win the final to dedicate it to our fans. They were key to us getting there"

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Barcelona  2  -  Athletico Madrid  1 Leg 1

Messi and Suarez seal a deal for Barcelona in the away fixture against Athletico Madrid.

First Half goal from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi set Barcelona on their way to the 2017 Copa del Rey final, though a second-half header from Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann kept the tie alive ahead of the second leg at the Camp Nou next Tuesday evening.



Luis Suarez celebrated after scoring a wonderful solo goal.


7' minutes,  Goal Luis Suarez Barcelona, Mascherano steps up and won a ball,  Suarez took a ball from the midfield of  Ground, Run towards Athletico Goal area. Suarez taking on a defense single handily, Suarez put a ball into a net with a brilliant touch on a ball. No chance for Athletic defender and Goalkeeper of Athletico. A great solo Goal and Masterpiece by Suarez and a lead for visitors in just under 10 minutes.

24' minutes Andre Gomez passed a ball to Neymar, Neymar made a very good play, he shots a ball between 3 Athletico Madrid players but Neymar's effort was denied by Athletico Goli Moya.

28' minutes, Once again Neymar made a very good play and played one to one with Suarez, But he missed a chance when Suarez passed a ball to him and he was unable to take the ball to his feet.


Messi's Stunning shot gave a healthy 2-0 lead to Barcelona in the away game.

33' minutes, Goal Messi Barcelona, Neymar made a long pass to Messi, Messi gave a ball to Raketic, Raketic gave it back to Messi,  Messi had some space around him Raketic smartly gave a ball to Messi and Messi shoot a thunderous left-footed shot which pins it off the post and a ball went into a post of Athletico Madrid, Barcelona doubles a lead.

50' minutes, Athletico Madrid missed a great chance to score a goal.


Antoine Griezmann's second-half goal gives some hope to Athletico Madrid in the Semifinal Fixture of Copa Del Rey against Barcelona.


59' minutes, Goal Antoine Griezmann Athletico Madrid, This time Antoine Griezmann scored a goal and gave some hope for Athletico to comeback in a game. Godin was completely unmarked in the Barca penalty area. he headed a ball to Antoine Griezmann. Antoine was in a very good position and he made a header which went into the right side of Barcelona's Box. Not much powerful header by Antoine but it was well directed. 

61' minutes Andre Gomez effort from long-range denied by Moya.

64' minutes, Antoine Griezmann's touch was blocked by Barcelona Goalkeeper Cillessen. Griezmann could hardly believe that he did not score a second, hitting Cillessen from three yards. Filipe Luís’s pull back from the left had been impeccable. The momentum was Atlético’s, first to the ball, pressing Barcelona back, not allowing them out easily. Griezmann shot wide, Carrasco’s overhead kick cleared the crossbar, and Filipe Luís’s ball flashed across the face of goal.

75' minutes, 35 yards away freekick for Messi. Messi strikes and a ball went into a corner but Moya denied Messi's wonderful effort.


Neymar will miss the second leg game of this fixture.
   

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