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Lionel Messi surprisingly absent from line-up for 'first ever El Clasico in Japan' as Barcelona & Real Madrid legends prepare to face off in Andres Iniesta's farewell match

Getty WHAT HAPPENED? The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner sent records tumbling across his iconic spell at Camp Nou. Messi plundered 672 goals for the Blaugrana, helping them to 10 La Liga titles and four Champions League crowns. Much of that success was enjoyed alongside fellow La Masia academy graduate and World Cup winner Andres Iniest THE BIGGER PICTURE With ex-Spain international Iniesta…

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Sergio Busquets is now 4th on all-time Barcelona's appearance list

Sergio Busquets is now 4th on all-time Barcelona’s appearance list

Sergio Busquets is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive footballer for Barcelona and the Spain national team. Busquets is regarded as one of the best defensive midfielder of his generation due to his composure on the ball, vision, passing ability, defensive awareness and dribbling. On 13 September 2008, Busquets played his first La Liga match in a 1-1 draw to racing de…

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Barcelona hammer Sevilla to win 30th Copa del Rey

https://jffc.in/?p=45122 #AndresIniesta, #Barcelona, #CopaDelRey, #Football, #King039SCup, #LionelMessi, #LuisSuarez, #Sevilla, #Spain

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Barcelona has been dozing, cautions Xavi

Barcelona has been dozing, cautions Xavi

Barcelona legend Xavi says the club have been “dozing” through a period which has seen the way from La Masia to the main group go away.

Xavi was boss playmaker in a Barca side that cleared all before them, while remaining unequivocally established in Catalan goals, trained by Pep Guardiola and captained via Carles Puyol, with any semblance of Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Victor Valdes…

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Arthur Melo: 5 things to know about Barcelona’s new signing

Brought in from Gremio, who is Barcelona's new recruit Arthur Melo?

Barcelona have completed the signing of Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo from Brazilian side Gremio, here are the five major things you need to know about him.

Here are 5 things to know about Arthur Melo Barcelona’s new signing

1.    Arthur Melo is 21-years-old

Arthur Melo was born in Goiânia, Brazil on December 7, 1996, which makes him 21-year-old.

2.    Arthur Melo played only for Gremio before his move to Barcelona

Arthur Melo move to Barcelona was his first professional move as he has played his entire career at Gremio.

He started his career at  Goiás in 2008 before he moved to Gremio in 2010 and was promoted to the first team set up in 2015.

 3.    Arthur Melo is yet to play for the Brazilian senior team

Arthur Melo is Brazil and has played with the country’s youth setups at U-17 and U-20 level.

He is yet to make an appearance for the Brazilian national team a part of the standby list injury deprived him a chance to make the final team to Russia .

He has found it difficult to break through into the first team even though he was called up for the qualifiers against Bolivia and Chile.

 Brazil manager Tite included him among the standby players for the 2018 FIFA World Cup but did not make the cut.

4.    Arthur Melo the title collector

Arthur Melo had trophy success with his Gremio in the three seasons of his professional football career.

Arthur won the Copa do Brasil in 2016, the Copa Libertadores in 2017 and Recopa Sudamericana in 2018.

 He was absent from the team that lost to Real Madrid in the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.

He was included in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the year in 2017 and won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Newcomer also in 2017 and will hope to continue with the reigning La Liga champions.

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5.  Arthur Melo similar to Andres Iniesta?

Arthur Melo is likened to Andres Iniesta who left Barcelona at the end of the 2017/18 season.

Melo likes to hold on to the ball and dominate possession in the middle of the park just as Iniesta, he, however, is more comparable to Xavier Hernandez who partnered Iniesta in midfield for several years.

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/07/arthur-melo-5-things-to-know-about.html

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Andres Iniesta pinpoints key reasons for Lionel Messi's scintillating form at Inter Miami after seeing ex-Barcelona team-mate find 'happiness' again with MLS club

WHAT HAPPENED? The World Cup-winning Argentina skipper has displayed exceptional form of late as he scored five goals in the three matches Inter Miami played in October. He netted a hat-trick in their final match of the MLS regular season as his team outclassed the New England Revolution to bag the Supporters’ Shield with a record points tally. Getty Images THE BIGGER PICTURE With the…