Just a video: Messi’s goal vs. Mexico

June 9th, 2008 | By: Matt | 1 Comment

El Tri had no answer for this chippy little goal from Messi (about :45 sec in). The cross caught Leo in stride and he finishes cooly.

Thanks for 101 Great Goals for the find.

Tags: Argentina, goal, Leo Messi News, Messi, Mexico

June 8th, 2008

USA-Argentina Messi Liveblog

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I was excited to tune into ESPN Classics this evening and find myself in front of a USA-Argentina Friendly? Any squad that includes Messi is sure to deliver a few moments of brilliance. This network has really stepped it up in terms of footy coverage, and is soon reinventing itself as ESPN3, an offset of [...]

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May 19th, 2008

dos santos & messi clips

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Barca’s Giovanni Dos Santos This is the Leo Messi blog of yore, but I’ll have to give it up to another Barca attacker who had the game of his young career last night. Giovanni Dos Santos had, oh a couple of goals… like 1, 2 or 3. Meanwhile is Messipotamia… Joe [...]

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May 12th, 2008

Messi’s payday

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Messi channels Judd Nelson a la The Breakfast Club When deep-pocket teams like Inter and Chelsea come sniffing around your homegrown phenom, it’s time to start thinking about breaking open that brightly colored Catalan checkbook and stepping up to the table. A “quickest to 99″ status [...]

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May 8th, 2008

Step away from the Bridge

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As the summer quickly approaches, the EPL tends to become a bit like a middle school cafeteria in it’s propagation of nasty rumors. “omg, did you see who Drogba is flirting with?” “Jose just passed a note to Adriano Galliani, tehehehehe” “C-Ron is [...]

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May 7th, 2008

The First Coming of the Messi-ah

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Why hello TheOffside – nice to finally be on you. Welcome to the brand-new, fresh-out-the-box, player blog for everyone’s favorite Argentine playmaker, Lionel Messi! Unfortunately, the birth of this blog comes at a terribly time (as many births do), and [...]

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