Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi – The Best Penalty Kick

Derbyanabella — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:54:57 +0000

Being the best footballer of the year doesn’t make one player complete and perfect. And for Lionel Messi, his biggest weakness is to execute penalties.

This season, Messi had 6 chances to do penalty shots with Barcelona. However, he failed twice, which about 35 % of the chance.

The first failure was last year against Sevilla, right at a critical injury time. His second time was last Wednesday against Valencia at first leg Copa semi final, where Diego Alves succeeded in blocking the shot.

” Messi is the type of players that have no variety in ball placement. It means, he tend to kick at the same direction. He doesn’t have special tricks. I’ve been observing him back in Almeria. That time, I failed to stop him, but this time, I was lucky,”said Alves.

The fact has showed that Messi always using his left foot to do penalties. The ball tends to direct on the left side of goalie. Many Spanish and European goalkeeper have learned Messi’s characteristic in penalties. And it proves on his total 20 execution shots, he failed 7th of it. In percentage, he again failed around 35 % of chances. For the winner of Balon D’Or 3 consecutive year, it considers a bad record.

Let’s take a look at Cristiano Ronaldo penalties record. During his whole football career, he had 38 shots, and missed ONLY 4 of them. It was about 10% of the chances. He even gets better with Real Madrid. Wearing the Whites uniform, he had total 24 chances of the shot. Yet, he only missed 1 time, and that’s about 4% from the chances. Now that’s what I call a complete player. Fantastic !! And I’m not even starts with his free-kick record..!!=)

Derbyanabella,Footballfantalk.com

Pictures and Video : Lionel Messi Failed Penalty Shot vs Valencia (1 February 2012) Copa del Rey

Derbyanabella — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:14:16 +0000

It was the second time this season for the best footballer of 2011 to miss his penalty shot.

Against Valencia, Barcelona only made a 1-1 draw result in the first leg of Copa del Rey semi-final. The result could’ve been different if only Lionel Messi didn’t fail the shot as the executor.

Click the link below to watch the video :

Lionel Messi Missed Penalty vs Valencia (1 February 2012)Copa del Rey

Here are pictures of Messi on the match

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Lionel Messi Failed Penalty Brings 1-1 Draw Over Valencia at Copa del Rey 1st Leg(1 February 2012)

Derbyanabella — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:04:14 +0000

The 1-1 draw result at Mestalla Stadium last night wasn’t what Guardiola expected from his team. The coach needs a victory to increase the team’s morale, after failed to win their 2 previous matches.

Earlier, Barcelona made a 2-2 draw against Real Madrid in the previous Copa Clasico, and afterward, El Barca collects another draw over Villarreal (0-0). The 1-1 draw result against Valencia has added to the team’s bad record since Guardiola’s era.

Back to the match, Valencia made the first goal in 25th minute with a goal from Jonas. But the lead was only for 8 minutes, when later Puyol equalized the score through his header. It was his third goal this season, and a second set of piece through a corner kick.

At second half, Barcelona had the chance to double the point after Thiago Alcantara got tackled in the penalty box. Messi became the executor, but he failed to do the job. His shot was too predictable and wasn’t strong enough, so it hardly troubled Javier Varas, Valencia’s goalkeeper. This is his second time of the season to missed a penalty shot. Last year, Messi also failed a critical penalty against Sevilla in injury time.

With his failed penalty, the team lost the chance to lead the game, just as Messi has lost his confidence on the match. The result, the game ended with score remains the same, of 1-1.

For the second leg match next week, Barcelona get the advantage of playing in the home ground.

So, who will win the match and walks to the final ??

Pictures : Lionel Messi vs Villarreal (0-0)(28 January 2012)La liga

Derbyanabella — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:04:58 +0000

After the Copa clasico clash, Barcelona have lost some of their players due to injury. Clearly it has affected their performance on the pitch last Saturday against Villarreal.

Playing in away match, Barcelona brought home 1 point after a shocking goaless draw result. It certainly won’t help them to maintain their Spanish league rivalry with Real Madrid, who succeeded in collecting 3 points on the same night.

Now Barcelona is left behind with 7 points from Madrid, and the league is already half way.

Here are pictures from Lionel Messi on the match against Villarreal :

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Pictures : Lionel Messi vs Real Madrid Copa Clasico Second Leg (25 January 2012)

Derbyanabella — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:21:42 +0000

Barcelona saves a spot in Copa del Rey semi-final after a tie result with Real Madrid last night.

Lead with 2 goals in the first half, Barcelona was flying high and started the second leg carelessly. On the contrary, Real Madrid appeared stronger in the second half, right after Mourinho entered Callejon and Benzema in minute 60th. The 2 substitute players were quickly set unstoppable fast manouver that made Barca players seemed miserable in their homeground. The result, in less than 10 minutes, Ronaldo scored the first goal for Real Madrid, (Ramos goal earlier was unfairly disallowed by ref) and 4 minutes later Benzema doubled the point. Even Mourinho didn’t expect that to happen so fast.

The victory seemed to be closer, as Benzema kept attacking and gave a hard time for Pinto. Unfortunately, the ref seemed to be taken his side on the host. He was being unfair by not giving Benzema a penalty kick after being dropped by Puyol in the penalty area. Puyol grabbed Benzema shirt, and pulled him down, that led him fall to the ground and hurt both his hand and leg. Yet the ref had nothing to say about the incident.

And just when Real Madrid was at their peak with only 5 minutes left, the ref rewarded Ramos with the second yellow card. The decision was controversial, since it was clear that Ramos won a save and clean challenge with Busquets, as it shown on the replay video. Not wanting to waste any time, Ramos left the field in hurry, hoping that the last minute was enough to score the last goal. But until the whistle blew, no goal from both side, and Barcelona won with score aggregate of 4-3.

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Pictures and Videos : Lionel Messi Hattrick vs Malaga (22 January 2012)La liga

Derbyanabella — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:35:59 +0000

Lionel Messi scored his fifth hattrick this season, and brought home another victory after winning 4-1 over Malaga.

Still, Barcelona is left behind from rival Real Madrid with 5 points. Therefore, they have to make sure to gain full points in every league match.

To watch all the goal, just click the link below :

Lionel Messi First Goal vs Malaga (22 January 2012)

Lionel Messi Second Goal vs Malaga (22 January 2012)

Lionel Messi Third Goal vs Malaga (22 January 2012)

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Ouch !! Messi’s Hand Got Stepped by Pepe…..Video

Derbyanabella — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:51:30 +0000

For Real Madrid’s defender, Pepe, El Clasico always ended with controversially. He has known as a physical player that likes it rough and ignore the regulation of fairplay.

In this video HERE, you can see that Pepe deliberately stepped on Messi’s hand, just when the referee was busy with Callejon’s yellow card.

The incident started when Callejon tacled Messi at minute 68th. After the tackle, Messi still sat on the ground, while the ref was about to book Callejon with a yellow. Pepe then quickly walked towards the ref, and it was a little bit too close to where Messi sat. And suddenly, he deliberately stepped on Messi’s hand with his right foot, and play innocent.

Messi then rolling on the ground with pain (of couse he exaggerate it a bit), but he was unlucky since the ref didn’t see the incident. The ref later didn’t punish him, but I’m sure he’ll change his mind if he saw the replay.

Pictures : Lionel Messi at Copa Clasico 1st Leg (18 January 2012)

Derbyanabella — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:04:41 +0000

Real Madrid scored the first goal in Copa clasico, and lead the match for around 38 minutes. But in the end, Barca finished the match with a victory after snatch away 2 goals in the second half.

Lionel Messi didnt score any goal tonight, but he still becomes the El Clasico top scorer with 13 goals, after Raul Gonzalez left Bernabeu 2 years ago. (Raul was the top scorer with 15 goals)

Here’s Messi’s pictures on the match :

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Cristiano Ronaldo Wins the Goal Rivalry Against Lionel Messi at Copa Clasico

Derbyanabella — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:33:30 +0000

Barcelona did win the Copa Clasico first leg last night. But for personal competition between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the Balon d’Or hattrick winner must admit that he lost the rivalry.

Before the match, the sports betting such as Bwin, William Hill, and Ladbrokes has raced bet on which of the 2 players score the first in the Clasico. For William Hill, Ronaldo and Messi shares the same coefficient. The same thing with Ladbrokes. However, despite being Real Madrid sponsors, Bwin placed Lionel Messi ahead Ronaldo with 4.5 to 5.5. The result, as we all know, Ronaldo scored the first goal, in just 10 minute of the game.

For the next Copa Clasico, there’s no doubt that the goal rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi will keep on continue. This time, Bwin will probably raise their bet on Ronaldo.

Derbyanabella,Footballfantalk.com

Adidas Golden Boots – New Clasico Creation For Lionel Messi

Derbyanabella — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:19:37 +0000

Adidas has presented Lionel Messi with a golden boot’s, another creation that specially made for him. The boots is a nameless adiZero F50 successor, that made to honor his achievement in recording a hattrick for Balon d’Or Trophy.

In order to show the appreciation, they made the boots with Messi logo and also his national team flag. On the side, it wrote each 3 years he received the trophy.

For the clash against Real Madrid tomorrow, Lionel Messi is reported to wear the new boots for the first time. Will it help him to perform better ?? We’ll see.

Derbyanabella,Footballfantalk.com