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"No one plays with as much joy as Messi does. He plays like a child enjoying the pasture, playing for the pleasure of playing, not the duty of winning." Eduardo Galeano(via Jere Longman/New York Times) , Uruguayan novelist ("Soccer In Sun and Shadow"), in today's long profile of Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest athlete in the world right now. (See the post directly below for more from this story.)
What a tough game, in the end. It's hard to say the result didn't suit the match, but I wish it had come about differently. Run of Play's Brian Phillips(via Twitter) , although the game did feature two goals by the inimitable Lionel Messi.
Seven hours after Argentine soccer player Leo Messi started a Facebook Page, he has almost 7 million Likes. Sarah Kessler(via Mashable.com) . Click on the blurb above to see the page.