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Messi becomes FC Barcelona player with the most LaLiga titles     Barça's number 10 has won his 10th LaLiga title, overtaking Andrés Iniesta with 9 www.fcbarcelona.com   Leo Messi is no stranger to lifting the LaLiga trophy, and FC Barcelona's 2018/19 title win is accompanied by a new honour for the Argentinian superstar. He is now a ten-time winner of LaLiga , making him the most decorated player in the club's history in that regard.       The first time he was a league champion with Barça was in the 2004/05 season, and since then he has helped the team to a further 9 over the 14-season period. Messi overtakes Andrés Iniesta The honour is a new one for Messi, who overtakes 9-times LaLiga winner Andrés Iniesta with his latest triumph. Behind the pair in the running for the most prolific winners of the Primera División are Xavi Hernández , Sergio Busquets and Gerard Piqué , with eight league titles apiece . Closing in on t...

Liverpool will exploit Barcelona 'weakness'... unless Lionel Messi decides otherwise That’s the verdict of Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, who admits Lionel Messi could single-handedly send Barca to the final in their last-four showdown. LIVERPOOL will expose Barcelona if they make the same mistakes they did early on in their previous win over Manchester United. That’s the verdict of Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, who admits Lionel Messi could single-handedly send Barca to the final in their last-four showdown. Liverpool brushed Porto aside in the quarters to setup a meeting with Barca, who thrashed United 4-0 on aggregate in their own last-eight tie. However, early in their second-leg win over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men, the latter created a...

University Study Finds Three New Ways To Sum Up Lionel Messi's Godly Talents      How does one sum up Lionel Messi? How can we find a new day to describe a once in a generational talent who leaves us in complete awe? Well students at the the Universidad Internacional de Cataluna were handed the task by journalist Miguel Angel Volan. Not many pupils would be writing about a five-time Ballon 'd'Or winner but on April 23, a day where literature is celebrated in Cataloni according to MARCA but Violan wanted to find out if people really have ran out superlatives for Messi. "I thought it would be nice to link something academic with something popular like a player who many consider to be the best of all time," he told Efe. "Some may think there are no more adjectives for him, so this investigation wanted to see how true that is." Magic :dizzy: Extraordinary :zap: Running out of ways to describe Lionel Messi? Well a u...

Ernesto Valverde explains why he brought Lionel Messi on against Alaves The captain arrived with the visitors already 2-0 up   Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde explained why he brought Lionel Messi on in the second half of Tuesday’s win over Alaves rather than allow his captain the night off. Messi was named on the bench for the match as Valverde rotated his side, but he arrived on the hour mark for Ousmane Dembele with Barcelona already 2-0 up. The substitution was met with surprise by some supporters, and Valverde was asked about it after the game. “The idea was that he’d play because the result wasn’t clear when it was goalless at half time,” he said. The suggestion that it was about the Golden Shoe... well, we focus on winning. ”It was time for him to get some rest today and to come out in the second half. It’s good for players to stay involved and active. You can’t put them away in a case and then just bring them out fo...

Jurgen Klopp Talks Stopping Lionel Messi After Liverpool Beat Porto in UCL April 18, 2019 Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images   Jurgen Klopp said he is happy he has some time to plan how to stop Barcelona's Lionel Messi after Liverpool's victory over Porto on Wednesday set up a UEFA Champions League semi-final tie with the Blaugrana. The Reds eased past Porto, winning 4-1 at the  Estadio do Dragao in the second leg, having prevailed 2-0 at Anfield (U.S. only): They are now aiming to reach the Champions League final for the second year running, but standing in their way are Messi's Barcelona, who thrashed Manchester United 4-0 on aggregate in the quarter-finals. As he has been for much of the season, Messi was almost unplayable in Tuesday's second leg at the Camp Nou and scored two of Barca's three goals (highlights UK only): Neutralising the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's impact will be key if Liverpool are going to get past Bar...