Goalkeeper Emi Martínez was the hero for Argentina as La Albiceleste reached the Copa América semifinals with a 4-2 penalty shootout win over Ecuador following a 1-1 draw. Argentina led for most of the match in Houston, Texas, after Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez headed home from a corner on 35 minutes. But Ecuador found an equalizer in stoppage time …
Argentina began its defense of the Copa América title with a 2-0 victory against Canada at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday. Lionel Messi broke an appearance record which had stood for over 70 years by playing in his 35th Copa América match, and was at the heart of Argentina’s goals from Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez. Canada, appearing …
Lionel Messi is expected to donate some of proceeds from auctioning several of his 2022 World Cup shirts to a children’s hospital in Barcelona, with the city still extremely dear to him despite taking his football career elsewhere in recent years. The Unicas Project led of the Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Children’s Hospital will benefit enormously as it cares …
Lionel Messi is expected to line-up against his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys after the Argentine team agreed to a pre-season friendly game at Inter Miami in February. The Major League Soccer club announced on Monday that they would host Newell’s at their DRV PNK Stadium on February 15. Newell’s are based in the city of Rosario where Messi was …
FIFA on Thursday announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Player, The Best FIFA Men’s Player, and the FIFA Puskás Award for the 2023 edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards. The finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Player are (in alphabetical order): Aitana Bonmatí (Spain / FC Barcelona) Linda Caicedo (Colombia / Deportivo Cali Femenino / Real …
The captain of the Argentine national team is one of the main figures of the feature film that will premiere tonight on TV Publica As the one-year anniversary of Argentina’s World Cup triumph approaches, anticipation builds for the release of “18-D, la final eterna” (18-D, the eternal final), a documentary set to unravel the unforgettable day of December 18, 2022. This cinematic …
While Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi is enjoying his offseason from MLS, his sons are keeping him active on the soccer field and making sure he has some competition During a relaxed kick around with his sons Ciro, 5, and Mateo, 8, Leo Messi’s boys showed that his footballing abilities appear to be passed down to the next generation. At first, La Pulga attempts to set up Mateo for a …
Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo shared a picture of themselves looking very happy in the stands at Inter Miami’s training facilities where they were watching their kids in action. They were both in attendance at the weekend to see their son, Thiago, in action for a younger age group. Their other sons, Mateo and Ciro, are also involved with the academy at Inter Miami which …
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong in February as part of the club’s first ever international tour, the Major League Soccer side said Thursday. Inter Miami said the club will play a Hong Kong XI made up of players from the Chinese territory’s First Division at the Hong Kong Stadium on February 4. …
Lionel Messi, who recently won his eighth Ballon d’Or award and made a ground-breaking move to Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami, has been named Time magazine’s “Athlete of the Year” for 2023. Time said the Argentine superstar had already had a transformative impact on the American sporting landscape, which has been historically slow to embrace football. “Lionel Messi this year …
