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Oct 15, 2020 · Sky in Italy's Gianluca Di Marzio reveals how Chelsea were prepared to pay €250m for Lionel Messi as Jose Mourinho persuaded him to join the club in 2014. Lionel Messi at Stamford Bridge in a...
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Aug 6, 2021 · When Lionel Messi agreed to sign for Chelsea as fresh transfer links emerge after Barcelona exit. Lionel Messi nearly became a Chelsea player in 2014, and there are fresh rumours linking him with a move to Stamford Bridge following his Barcelona exit.
6 days ago · Chelsea's new Brazilian signing Estevao Willian has been likened to Neymar and Lionel Messi.
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Messi has scored 100 Champions League goals in just 123 appearances, 14 games fewer than it took Cristiano Ronaldo (137) to reach this milestone. Indeed, Messi took 14 fewer apps, 1758 fewer minute...Barcelona have only lost four of their 40 Champions League knockout games at home (W26 D10), with Liverpool the only English team to secure a victory there (2-1 in February 2007).Chelsea mustered 14 shots in this match, six more than Barcelona, although the Blues only landed three on target.No team in Europe's big five leagues has beaten more different sides in all competitions this term than Barcelona (24 - level with Man City and Man Utd).Who else could it be? Messi was at his clinical best against Chelsea. After failing to score in his first 10 Champions League appearances against English teams, Messi has since netted 20 goals in his last 18 games and it took him just two minutes and eight seconds to break the deadlock, sliding the ball through the legs of Courtois. It was the the ...
Barcelona are back in action at the Nou Camp on Sunday when they take on Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, live on Sky Sports Football (red button) and Sky Sports Mixfrom 3.10pm. Chelsea are also back in action on Sunday when they travel to the King Power Stadium to take on Leicester in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup (4.30pm).
May 24, 2023 · Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has been given a last-gasp chance to sign Lionel Messi this summer. Messi looks almost certain to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season when his...
Feb 21, 2018 · Lionel Messi scored his first goal against Chelsea to earn Barcelona a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
Mar 15, 2018 · It took him just 128 seconds to sink Chelsea, with a nutmegged finish from an impossible angle. It was the fastest goal he has ever scored in his career, littered with some 600-plus strikes, and it came after just one Chelsea touch of the ball in the game – Marcos Alonso ricocheting the ball into the path of a Barca shirt in the build-up.
