Marcus Rashford Remains The King Of Debuts In His First Champions League Match
You must know by now the fun stat that is floating around on the Internet regarding Marcus Rashford's prowess in debuts. The 19-year-old Manchester United forward is a debut goal machine.
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Lionel Messi’s Irresistible Brace Leads To Statement Victory Over Juventus
Juventus arrived at the 2016-17 Champions League Final having surrendered only three goals in 12 matches. Thanks in large part to Lionel Messi, that total was matched in the 2017-18 edition of the competition after only one match, or 69 minutes to be precise.
Messi scored a fantastic brace and Ivan Rakitic added one of his own as Barcelona throttled an under-strength Juventus 3-0 at the Camp Nou to begin Champions League group play.
Lionel Messi Has Finally Scored On Gianluigi Buffon
For a man that has nearly done everything on the football pitch, the one thing evading Lionel Messi was scoring on Gianluigi Buffon. Lets check that one off the list.
Lionel Messi = still v good. https://t.co/1h1zrEqCxm
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) September 12, 2017
Neymar Scores His First Champions League Goal For PSG
It didn’t take long for Neymar to make his stamp on the Champions League in a PSG jersey.
After a Celtic turnover, PSG quickly countered with the Brazilian receiving a beautiful ball from Edinson Cavani. Neymar has now scored 5 goals in 5 games for PSG.
5th game for PSG, 5th goal.
Okay, Neymar. https://t.co/WzSvUCGwYh
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) September 12, 2017
How Will Italian Clubs Fare In European Competition?
Serie A was struck by storms this weekend. While the United States was dealing with the horrors of the hurricanes, areas such as Livorno experienced their own extreme weather and loss of life. Miraculously, all but one match took place.
There were surprises. AC Milan faced its first real challenge and failed spectacularly. Fiorentina’s new-look side seemed to click and ran out 5-0 winners against a hapless Verona team. There were also more run-of-the-mill fixtures. Juventus won. Napoli won. Inter won. Fairly standard, really.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Has Had It Up To Here With Robert Lewandowski
Last week, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski made some pointed comments to Speigel regarding Bayern Munich's transfer business, which he said was not ambitious enough for an elite European giant like Bayern.
Messi Is Way Better Than Wayne Rooney At The Piano
Lionel Messi is a man of singular talents on the football pitch. He does pretty much everything better than everyone else. You would be forgiven for thinking Messi's soccer talents necessarily mean he has not been endowed with any other type of talent. I mean, how lucky can one guy get?
You would be wrong, though, because Messi does have other talents, as Adidas has helpfully informed us in this video of Messi playing the Champions League song on the piano.
You’ve Always Wanted To Play In The Champions League Stadium. Now You Can
You’ve sat down for a Champions League match and seen/heard the unmistakable introduction before: the anthem plays (“These are the chaaampions!”) and the video pans over a fictitious stadium with a roof made of stars and a capacity of something like two million.
PSG Officially Signs Kylian Mbappe On Loan
Well, the thing that everyone expected to happen happened. PSG have officially signed Monaco phenom Kylian Mbappe on loan for this season with a mandatory purchase clause for $214.26 million next summer, which they will almost certainly do.