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In Praise of Messi on 10/12/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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If you happen to see him and see not much for a time, just hang on, because eventually you will see him do something that your eyes just did not think they would see. For one thing, you will see him provide the most prized sporting commodity on this planet -- soccer goals -- because he scores them so much that he just scored more than anybody ever scored in a calendar year. Chuck Culpepper(via SportsOnEarth.com) ... Meanwhile: All 86 of Messi's goals captured in video? Yes, please:
Yes, Please: All of Messi's 72 Goals In One Place on 7/5/12 | Tipped by Dan Fogarty |
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"Pele and the Cult of Celebrity" on 13/4/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Isn't it easy to see how things develop? ... Oh, people are still excited to see you, but you don't represent possibility to them anymore, you just represent the past. When that happens, don't you have to remind them how this works? Isn't that supposed to be what they want? Brian Phillips(via Grantland.com)
Soccer Goal of the Day: Messi (Of course) on 15/10/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Replay: All the Goals (Barca-Man. U) on 29/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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(via FOX/YouTube/Ben Golliver)

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More From Today's Epic Lionel Messi Profile on 22/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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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.)
Sunday Read: Lionel Messi, "Boy Genius" on 22/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Today, soccer increasingly relies on size and muscle and speed. The best players must be able to operate in claustrophobic spaces. That is the mesmerizing skill of Messi, slithering through these airless openings in top gear, changing direction, providing as well as scoring, his left foot tapping the ball on each stride with blurred and evasive touches. Jere Longman(via New York Times)
Barca Grinds Past Real Madrid 2-0 on 27/4/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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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.
Lionel Messi Wins Facebook on 6/4/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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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.
On the Genius of Messi on 29/3/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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After two days, I can think of no further way to describe what I was seeing, to draw for you his partnership with the ball, or explain his command of orbital mechanics or Newtonian physics. He is a suspension of cause and effect. He creates his own reality. As all Greats must, he defies science and language and must be seen to be believed. Jeff MacGregor(via ESPN.com)

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