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Camp Nou x 3nil
A floodlit Camp Nou is a wonder to see for football fans from all over the globe. Rivaldo, Romario, Ronaldo, Stoichkov, Messi and Ronaldinho have all called this place home in recent years, and the home of the legends quickly becomes legendary. Indeed, this place means so much to football and to the Catalan people.
Inspired by Catalunya’s Antoni Gaudí, this design by 3nil highlights the initials of Camp Nou in a unique mosaic pattern, bringing slices of Parc Güell and the Blaugrana’s passion with you wherever you go.
Gaudi. FC Barcelona. Camp Nou.
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Double trouble: Messi strikes twice
Lionel Messi scored two goals in Barcelona’s win over Levante on Sunday. With 82 goals this year, he is now just three shy of Gerd Muller’s record (85) for goals scored in a calender year.
Check out his two strikes on Sunday. Messi’s first:
And his second:
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Leo Messi
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Different animal. Same beast.
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El Tigre.
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Mourinho “Gangnam Style?”
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AFR x adidas x You. Designing Lionel Messi.
Leo Messi needs you (or your more artistic friend) to design his next pair of adidas football boots, which he’ll wear during a match in December. WAIT. Read that last sentence again to make sure we’re on the same page. You can create a unique pair of adidas adizero f50s (just like ours, above) for Messi by visiting the new “miadidas configurator” here and submitting a design with various colour schemes and personal touches.
But you don’t really want to hear us go on and on about this, do you? Alright, we’ll turn this over to our favourite #10. Messi said: “In football, you express yourself with your feet, which is why I like to feel like I have a connection to my adizero f50s. Knowing that your boots are unique makes you feel special and makes you play with more confidence. I’m excited to see the designs that my fans create for me on the miadidas configurator and I look forward to playing in them.”
Want more info? Head to facebook.com/adidasfootball or @adidasfootball (use the #miadidas hashtag to join the conversation), or even ask us @afootballreport. These boots make their debut this weekend, and the likes of Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and AC Milan’s Riccardo Montolivo will be hitting the pitch with their own customised boots. [posted by Dominic and Eric]
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Pele v Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, 1962.
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(via footysphere)
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We love Falcao, but we also love Atlético Madrid
Prized, lethal and ruthless are three adjectives which spring to mind when asked to describe Falcao. Is he world-class? Absolutely, definitely, positively, ridiculously. Take a look at this stat for this season: he scores with roughly every third shot. Falcao provides so much for Atletico Madrid that Gerard Pique recently described the side as ‘Falcao’s team.’
However, whilst the strength which the Colombian provides his side with cannot be undervalued, it would be unfair - and arguably stupid - to flippantly disregard the talent which resides within the bowels of the Vicente Calderon stadium as nothing more than servants hurrying to meet their striker’s needs.
