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    <title>Articles tagged 'lionel-messi' on World Cup Blog</title>
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<title>Weekend Quiz Answers</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/weekend-quiz-answers.html</link>
<dc:author>Laurie</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-10-12 16:10:37</dc:created>
<description>First, if you haven't yet taken our weekend quiz, try your luck here, then come back for the answers.

The quiz was on the World Cup ...</description>
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<title>Barcelona v Atletico Madrid: LIVE</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/player-watch/barcelona-v-atletico-madrid-live.html</link>
<dc:author>Christian</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-10-04 00:48:13</dc:created>
<description>Without question, THE match of the weekend has to be this electrifying fixture in Spain's La Liga between Lionel Messi's Barca and Sergio Aguero's Atletico. ...</description>
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<title>Argentina Defends Their Olympic Gold Medal</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/argentina-defends-their-gold-medal.html</link>
<dc:author>Chris</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-08-23 08:36:11</dc:created>
<description>

In an Olympic gold medal game marked strangely by two extra stoppages in play for water breaks, Argentina got the lone goal and that's all ...</description>
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<title>Reactions from Today's FIFA Ruling</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/reactions-from-todays-fifa-ruling.html</link>
<dc:author>Christian</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-07-30 08:53:37</dc:created>
<description>As expected, FIFA today ruled in favor of clubs releasing players for the 2008 Olympics, and with no surprise, Barcelona will seek to appeal to ...</description>
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<title>Barca dominates but can't score. Again. ManU in the CL finals!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/cl-and-uefa/barca-dominates-but-cant-score-again-manu-in-the-cl-finals.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-04-29 16:07:58</dc:created>
<description>
Gloves are off!

What a poster it is, Man United - Barcelona... Second leg semi finals Champions League. That sounds mouth watering.

Man United on the prowl ...</description>
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<title>Barcelona: confidence in Frank Rijkaard</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/barcelona-confidence-in-frank-rijkaard.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-04-03 21:18:30</dc:created>
<description>


Spanish club Barcelona - you must have heard of them - denies that Frank Rijkaard will be replaced for next season. Despite the immense pressure ...</description>
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<title>JC: Van Basten should go to Barcelona!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/jc-van-basten-should-go-to-barcelona.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-02-19 00:48:09</dc:created>
<description>If Frank Rijkaard leaves Barca at the end of the season, Johan Cruyff knows the perfect replacement: Marco van Basten. The current Oranje manager is ...</description>
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<title>CL highlights...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/cl-highlights.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-10-24 01:13:03</dc:created>
<description>Arsenal can do it without Robin van Persie too. 7-0 against Slavia Prague... Didn't they beat Ajax? Cesc and Theo Wallcott scored twice...

Man United beat ...</description>
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<title>Barcelona impresses in 2nd CL leg</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/barcelona-impresses-in-2nd-cl-leg.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-10-02 23:03:06</dc:created>
<description>I don't know about you but I watched Barca's performance against Stuttgart yesterday and I am in awe!! You know why? They played fantastic as ...</description>
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<title>The Biggest Little Scumbag in the Game</title>
<link>http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/the-biggest-little-scumbag-in-the-game.html</link>
<dc:author>Carter Daly</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-06-27 08:46:53</dc:created>
<description>

I hate Lionel Messi with a fiery passion that haunts my soul at night.

It's true.

Many say he is the next big thing, the next Maradonut, ...</description>
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<title>Thierry Henry signs for Barca...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/thierry-henry-signs-for-barca.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-06-23 05:16:37</dc:created>
<description>Thierry Henry, the formidable French Arsenal striker, will move to Barcelona for 4 seasons. The Spanish side payed 24 Mio Euros for his services. Last ...</description>
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<title>A Look at the Best Young Player Award as Voting Closes</title>
<link>http://ecuador.worldcupblog.org/1/a-look-at-the-best-young-player-award-as-voting-closes.html</link>
<dc:author>Trent</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-07-06 17:57:15</dc:created>
<description>Ecuador midfielder Luis Valencia finishes first in voting for FIFA's Best Young Player Award.  That puts Valencia in the final group of six candidates ...</description>
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<title>Iran World Cup Fans Stuff the Golden Shoe Ballot Box</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-06-19 12:36:40</dc:created>
<description>Their team might already be eliminated from the World Cup, but that hasn't stopped Iran fans from thinking Ali Karimi will end up winning the ...</description>
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<title>Messi to Miss Opener; Injuries Send World Cup Players Home</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/messi-to-miss-opener-injuries-send-world-cup-players-home.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-27 12:59:35</dc:created>
<description>The injury news continues to hit the World Cup hard with reports today that Argentina sensation Lionel Messi is likely to miss his team's opening ...</description>
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<title>Coloccini: The Semis are a Realistic Aim</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/coloccini-the-semis-are-a-realistic-aim.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-24 09:32:34</dc:created>
<description>Add Fabricio Coloccini to the list of players labeling Brazil the favorite to win the World Cup.  The defender said this on Wednesday, but ...</description>
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<title>Messi Ready to Play, Just not Full 90 Yet</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/messi-ready-to-play-just-not-full-90-yet.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-21 23:23:57</dc:created>
<description>Lionel Messi arrived back home on Sunday and will join the other 22 players at the training ground on Monday.  Messi told reporters that ...</description>
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<title>THE FACTS...</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/the-facts.html</link>
<dc:author>JP</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-07 01:09:06</dc:created>
<description>Wow. What a hubub...Having read through all the comments, it seems that an update OF FACT is due. Here it is:

ON THE LIST (16)

G: Abbondanzieri, ...</description>
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<title>Hopes… and Dreams, reality?</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/hopes%e2%80%a6-and-dreams-reality.html</link>
<dc:author>Nick</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-05 13:30:34</dc:created>
<description>As the matches begin next month, a new generation of Argentine players are ready to take the stage and represent the national side in what ...</description>
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<title>Messi Likely to miss Champions League Final</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/messi-likely-to-miss-champions-league-final.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-02 11:24:46</dc:created>
<description>The reports are that Lionel Messi is all but certain to miss the Champions League final on May 17 as he continues to recover from ...</description>
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<title>Messi: &quot;Brazil are the favourites&quot;</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/messi-brazil-are-the-favourites.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-04-22 11:49:18</dc:created>
<description>While Lionel Messi has tapped Brazil as the favourite to win the World Cup, he is also saying all the right things about his own ...</description>
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<title>Injury Updates</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/injury-updates.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-04-19 10:24:49</dc:created>
<description>A few updates on our various injured players:

Aimar is out of the hospital and hoping to play again soon

Pekerman doesn't expect Messi to be the ...</description>
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<title>Big newspaper coverage: Barcelona vs. Milan</title>
<link>http://brazil.worldcupblog.org/group-f/big-newspaper-coverage-barcelona-vs-milan.html</link>
<dc:author>Euler Costa</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-04-18 10:23:55</dc:created>
<description>Sorry to lie like this. The page space may be big, but I didn’t find anything new other than the information I found in the ...</description>
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<title>Milan vs. Barça - 1st Leg</title>
<link>http://brazil.worldcupblog.org/group-f/milan-vs-barca-1st-leg.html</link>
<dc:author>Euler Costa</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-04-18 00:37:46</dc:created>
<description> Am I the only football fan excited about today’s big game? It’s the Champions League semi-final first leg at the San Siro stadium. Two ...</description>
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<title>Messi Under the Wings of Ronaldhino</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/messi-under-the-wings-of-ronaldhino.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-20 15:18:28</dc:created>
<description>Nice article about the impact that Ronaldinho has had on Lionel Messi's play at Barcelona.  I especially love this quote:
 &quot;Ronnie was massively important ...</description>
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<title>Rooney vs. Messi</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/rooney-vs-messi.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-14 15:07:47</dc:created>
<description>There is some interesting banter today going on over on the always lively Argentina blog about comparisons being made between Argentina's Lionel Messi and England's ...</description>
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<title>Riquelme: Messi is Better than Rooney</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/riquelme-messi-is-better-than-rooney.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-13 12:53:02</dc:created>
<description>Juan Roman Riquelme is like me in that he thinks that Lionel Messi is going to have a huge World Cup and that he is ...</description>
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<title>Good News: Tevez Only Out 15 Days</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/good-news-tevez-only-out-15-days.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-12 16:16:19</dc:created>
<description>The initial prognosis on Carlos Tevez's injured knee is that the injury is not all that serious and the striker will only be out for ...</description>
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<title>Now Teevez is Injured Too!</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/now-teevez-is-injured-too.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-10 13:16:44</dc:created>
<description>Carlos Tevez injured his knee last night during Corinthians game.  Argentina officials are waiting to find out the extent of the injury to the ...</description>
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<title>Messi Out a Month</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/messi-out-a-month.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-08 13:15:04</dc:created>
<description>Lionel Messi will be out for a month after he tore right thigh fibre muscles during his match with Barcelona yesterday.  While this isn't ...</description>
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<title>Messi Hurt in Barca Game</title>
<link>http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/1/messi-hurt-in-barca-game.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-03-07 16:48:53</dc:created>
<description>Lionel Messi limped off the field in the first half of the Barcelona-Chelsea Champions League match today.  It looked like it was his hamstring ...</description>
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