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The highly-rated 21-year-old may not be the biggest, but he is eager to point out that many of the best players in the world are small in stature Sarpreet Singh is looking to follow the Lionel Messi model when it comes to achieving superstar status, with size no issue for…

Located in western Serbia, this traditional village was built by the film director Emir Kusturica for his award-winning movie Život je čudo (Life is a Miracle). Known as Drvengrad (which translates to “Timber Town”), or Küstendorf, the village was built at the meeting point of the Zlatibor and Tara mountains…

Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi are arguably the two finest Argentinian footballers in history, but the World Cup-winning legend said Messi would struggle to match the impact he made on the Italian game. Maradona, who almost single-handedly dragged Argentina to their 1986 World Cup win, has long been considered one…

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Fans wearing face masks watched Napoli's draw with Barcelona on TuesdayLionel Messi made his first ever appearance in Naples on Tuesday, playing in Barcelona's 1-1 draw with Napoli in the Champions League.But more striking than the Argentina legend's presence, in a stadium where his compatriot Diego Maradona is a club…

Pictures and video from Barcelona’s 1-1 draw with Napoli shows the Catalans have yet to learn their lesson. Liverpool famously scored from a quick corner against Barça last season in the UEFA Champions League, but that catastrophe hasn’t been enough to clue them in. A picture from the 85th minute…

Antoine Griezmann hasn’t had the monster season some expected of him. His scoring stats are respectable, but many were hoping that, as one of the world’s best players, Griezmann would absolutely light it up every week. Still, there’s one thing the Frenchman has been indisputably great at: opening the scoring…

Barcelona's Lionel Messi had a quiet evening against Napoli on Tuesday. Admittedly, the definition of a 'quiet evening' for Messi is a little more eventful than the average footballer, but it certainly wasn't a performance that will go down in Champions League history. The legendary Argentine was fresh from ending…

At 1-0 down to Napoli and without a single first-half shot on target, things were once again looking bleak for the Blaugranes on the road in the Champions League. Quite why Quique Setien left Arthur on the bench in favour of Ivan Rakitic is anyone’s guess, but let’s give credit…

In a game of two-halves, Barcelona and Napoli played out a 1-1 draw in the Stadio San Paolo.Barcelona dominated possession for the whole game, but where in the first-half you felt Napoli were happy with that situation, after half-time it felt more like Napoli desperately holding onto the result. We…