#lionel-messi

#lionel-messi

It used to be pretty easy to predict who would win the Ballon d'Or. You could just grab a coin, label heads as " Lionel Messi" and tails as " Cristiano Ronaldo," and flip your coin. Ideally it would be a slightly weighted coin in favor of the Messi side, unless it was one of the many years when Real Madrid won the Champions League -- in which case you'd want to reweight or relabel the sides of the coin -- but you get my point.

Surridge's goal for Nashville in their 2-1 defeat against Cincinnati has taken him on to 21 goals, two clear of Inter Miami's Messi in the battle to be MLS top scorer. Nashille only have four games left of the 34-game regular season (on which the Golden Boot is judged) - while Inter Miami, who took part in the Club World Cup, have eight remaining. Several other players are close on their tails too, including 18-goal LAFC man Denis Bouanga.

Few players have ever seen the game quite like Lionel Messi scanning spaces before they even exist, turning the impossible into the inevitable. To celebrate that unrivalled awareness, adidas have unveiled the latest entry in his signature line: the F50 'Vis10n'. The boots arrive in a bold Royal Blue base, animated with flowing Blue Burst graphics and finished with three striking Solar Yellow stripes across the toe.

Yes, this is a match which Leo has said will be emotional, special, nice because it's true that it's our last qualifying match,

The 2025 Leagues Cup final is the Seattle Sounders' chance to win the only major North American competition they have not won and avenge their defeat on their previous appearance in the showpiece, losing 3-2 to Leon despite being 1-0 ahead in the 60th minute in 2021. The Sounders beat the LA Galaxy 2-0 in the semi-finals on Thursday courtesy of Pedro de la Vega's seventh-minute strike and Osaze De Rosario's clever goal, flicking the ball over his markers before stabbing in with 33 minutes remaining.

Luis Suárez expressed his desire to retire alongside Lionel Messi, stating both will make individual decisions regarding their futures based on personal well-being and circumstances.