

Just a video: Messi’s goal vs. Mexico
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.
USA-Argentina Messi Liveblog
By: Matt |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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dos santos & messi clips
By: Matt |
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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Messi’s payday
By: Matt |
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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Step away from the Bridge
By: Matt |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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The First Coming of the Messi-ah
By: Matt |
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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Team News

In Frank's and Henk's smoking room....
Column in VI Eleven years ago, Louis van Gaal showed me around in the Camp Nou. The new Barca coached had revamped the old-fashioned chambers in ...
Jun 29, 2009 | Read this article...
Frank Rijkaard, reluctant superstar...
Frank Rijkaard is back in the top of European club football. After taking a rest for a year, the 46 year old Amsterdam born chose ...
Jun 20, 2009 | Read this article...
Beware: Users Are Worse Than They Appear.
The venomous Ronald-hoe (I kind of wish that's what FIFA looked like, but this is pretty creepy) Some might already know where I'm going with this. ...
Jun 05, 2009 | Read this article...
Barca is the best!
Before this CL finals, we could have filled many pages with comments on this game. The two strongest teams in Europe facing off. Two footballing ...
May 27, 2009 | Read this article...
Champions League Final Liveblog
Its finally here. And you can follow everything as it happens, every dramatic twist and turn, with me Daryl and Chris by clicking right here. I ...
May 27, 2009 | Read this article...
Edwin van der Sar: no nightmares...
Barcelona scored more than 100 goals this season. But Edwin van der Sar does not fear the star-strikers of the Bluegrana's. The ManUnited goalie has ...
May 27, 2009 | Read this article...
This is the best Barca ever...
If Pep Guardiola would be the dj in Rome this Wednesday, he'd play Coldplay's Viva La Vida in the stadium. "I tend to rule the ...
May 26, 2009 | Read this article...
The 2009 Champions League Final Drinking Game
So, we're almost at the final, the climax of the season. And while I couldn't possibly condone drinking your own bodyweight in alcohol, it'd be ...
May 26, 2009 | Read this article...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
MANCHESTER UNITED VS BARCA RONALDO VS MESSI TWO BEST TEAMS ON EARTH! I'm sorry for the caps but to say I'm excited for this is a vast understatement!! It's ...
May 26, 2009 | Read this article...
Ronaldo Vs Messi: It Won't Go Away
For the last two years, the Ballon d'or has arguably been decided by the Champions League. In 2007, when Milan took on Man United Kaka ...
May 26, 2009 | Read this article...





