According to Forbes, footballer Lionel Messi is the second highest paid athlete in the world, right after his rival Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he holds many football records. Unlike the Portuguese, Messi is much more reserved in public and carefully keeps his private life away from the media, as he prefers to talk with his feet. Although he lives very modestly for his millions, we can still envy his private life. Check out how Lionel Messi spends his millions.
Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi set a new milestone in the last league match. In the 92nd minute, he scored the 500th goal for FC Barcelona. I couldn't have picked a better competitor and a better moment for this. He scored it against his biggest rival, Real from Madrid, who is otherwise a regular client of the prodigy from Argentina, and this at his Santiago Bernabeu stadium, and to top it off, in the dying moments of the match, which also sank the white ballet and kept Barcelona in the race for the title of Spanish champion. With this incredible achievement, it is right to pay tribute to this miracle on the green with a video of all his 500 goals in the Blaugrana jersey.
The battle of the greens between Ronaldo and Messi continues. The football magazine France Football has published a list of the highest earners in the 2016/17 season, where the two best footballers of the last decade reign supreme. We will publish below who pocketed more, as well as which coach made the most of his personal account.
Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo has had a dream year behind him. He became European and world club champion with Real Madrid, celebrated with the Portuguese national team at the European Championship in France, won the Ballon d'Or (this is his fourth Ballon D'Or) and the title of European Sportsman of the Year. With $88 million in earnings, he is also the highest paid athlete in the world. So his wealth is unimaginable. How he treats him is an interesting story, which we reveal below. This is how Cristiano Ronaldo spends his millions…
Blind soccer player Behzad Zadaliasghari is a real grandmaster of the soccer game despite his blindness, which he also proved during the Paralympic soccer match with the Moroccan team, where he scored a goal that even Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could envy. You simply must see this masterpiece. In each viewing, this achievement is worthy of greater admiration!
Soccer player Georginio Wijnaldum is a magician. But only on the football field and in the parable. Or is it? A member of Liverpool performed a trick with a soccer ball during the national team training, which baffles not only the soccer, but also the world public. How he managed this feat, no one knows, but we promise that it is not a photomontage, although you will find it hard to believe.
Lionel Messi scored the most beautiful goal of the 2015/16 season. This was determined by visitors to UEFA.com, the website of the European Football Union, who believed that he was absent from the Argentinian's goal against AS Roma, which the five-time Ballon d'Or winner scored in FC Barcelona's jersey in the November match in the group stage of the Champions League and was the icing on the cake of the wonderful action and precise passing of the entire team.
When Lionel Messi, Luise Suarez and the rest of the football giant FC Barcelona stepped onto the football pitch of the St. George Park (Newport, England), an unusual sight awaited them there. In addition to soccer balls, there were also running balls (these body zorbis) waiting for them on the green. Coach Luis Enrique prepared a very special training session for them and the players enjoyed themselves like little children.
Are you curious about what Lionel Messi eats? The content of the Argentinian's plate was revealed by nutritionist Giuliano Poser, who has been taking care of the nutrition of one of the best football players in the world since 2014. Find out what's on the Barcelona star's plate below.
The British humanitarian organization Hubbub came up with a brilliant idea of how to clean the streets of London and wean people from recklessly throwing waste on the ground. The #neatstreets campaign includes projects such as voting with cigarette butts in public places (privacy is not guaranteed), a device that plays music when you insert a cigarette butt, and a special educational and interactive board for those who chew gum.
While the footballers of the strongest football leagues are eagerly preparing for the start of the new season, UEFA filled the lack of football action by announcing ten candidates competing for the goal of the year in the 2014/2015 season. And since there is no football list addressing excesses without Messi and Ronaldo, the stars of Barcelona and Real Madrid are among the candidates for the most beautiful goal. Check below which of their goals compete for the prestigious title alongside Neymar's and others.
We will probably never get an unequivocal answer to the eternal question "Who is the better footballer, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?", probably also because they are quite different in character and because they play for the teams, Barcelona and Real, which in football the biggest rivalry reigns. Fortunately, the statistics are so broad that Messi and Ronaldo, who are hungry for goals and victories, can share the records. Which only complicates the answer to the question, Leo or CR7?