Messi, my love, I can already imagine you getting all possible trophies this season. People don’t realize how young you are and how far you will still go."An agreement has been signed late last month for bringing the star-studded team to Kolkata," Celebrity Management Group executive director Bhaswar Goswami told IANS.
Lionel Messi, adjudged 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, would be a part of the squad that would play either against an European or an Asian side."We are yet to finalise the opponent. But it would either be a star-studded European side or a team from Asia," Goswami said.
the visit of the Argentine team will be a latest addition to a host of football celebrities and side which have visited the soccer-loving city of a cricket-crazy India in recent years.
Last year Uruguayan star footballer Diego Forlan - the golden ball winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup - spent two days in the city for a promotional program of a channel.
Earlier Kolkata has hosted legendary footbasller like Diego Maradona, Lothar Matthaus, Oliver Kahn, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Gerd Muller, Romario and Branco.
Brazillian stars Zico had come as the coach of Japan's national side for a pre-world cup game, while Cameroon's Roger Milla - adjudged the best African player of the last century - played an exhibition match months after his sparkling performance at the 1990 World Cup.
But it all started with Brazilian's football legend Pele's trip to the city as a member of the cosmos football in 1977.
Goswami however said that the name of the sponsor is yet to be decided.
--IANS Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has warned Arsenal Lionel Messi is ready to dump them out of the Champions League for the second successive season.
ssi scored all four goalsMe in last year’s demolition of the North London side at the Nou Camp, and Mascherano believes his Argentine team-mate will do the same again to overturn the 2-1 deficit from the first leg..
“Nothing surprises me about Leo,” Mascherano said to the Spanish media.
“He can repeat what he did last year or he could do even better. Nobody can put a limit on the levels he can reach.”
Mascherano, who played at Liverpool for three years, also expects the Gunners to adopt a defensive approach as they will attempt to defend their lead from the Emirates.
“They are not stupid. They have a [2-1] advantage and they will try to protect that lead,” added Mascherano.
“They will come to defend. The difference [from Zaragoza] is that, as we know, when they do have the ball they also like to play and they have the players to do that.
“Arsenal know how to defend as well as attack. We can’t make the mistake of thinking that, just because they know how to play attacking football, they don’t know how to defend.
“In football when a team plays well we all jump to that conclusion. But if Arsenal have to defend, then they will defend.
The problem is that when they have the ball they will try to play football – because of the players and the coach they have.”
Lionel Messi is ready to dump Arsenal out of the Champions League, according to Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano. The Gunners take a 2-1 advantage to the Camp Nou for the second leg of their last-16 tie, but they will be wary of the 4-1 hammering they suffered at the hands of Barca in this competition last season. Messi was the star of the show as he netted four goals that night
We meet again: Mascherano (right) set to resume his rivarly with Nasri but this time in Barca colours Javier Mascherano says Arsenal could face another Lionel Messi master class tomorrow night at the Nou Camp as the world's greatest player looks to book Barcelona's ticket to the quarter-finals
Lionel Messi, adjudged 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, would be a part of the squad that would play either against an European or an Asian side."We are yet to finalise the opponent. But it would either be a star-studded European side or a team from Asia," Goswami said.
the visit of the Argentine team will be a latest addition to a host of football celebrities and side which have visited the soccer-loving city of a cricket-crazy India in recent years.
Last year Uruguayan star footballer Diego Forlan - the golden ball winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup - spent two days in the city for a promotional program of a channel.
Earlier Kolkata has hosted legendary footbasller like Diego Maradona, Lothar Matthaus, Oliver Kahn, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Gerd Muller, Romario and Branco.
Brazillian stars Zico had come as the coach of Japan's national side for a pre-world cup game, while Cameroon's Roger Milla - adjudged the best African player of the last century - played an exhibition match months after his sparkling performance at the 1990 World Cup.
But it all started with Brazilian's football legend Pele's trip to the city as a member of the cosmos football in 1977.
Goswami however said that the name of the sponsor is yet to be decided.
--IANS Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has warned Arsenal Lionel Messi is ready to dump them out of the Champions League for the second successive season.
ssi scored all four goalsMe in last year’s demolition of the North London side at the Nou Camp, and Mascherano believes his Argentine team-mate will do the same again to overturn the 2-1 deficit from the first leg..
“Nothing surprises me about Leo,” Mascherano said to the Spanish media.
“He can repeat what he did last year or he could do even better. Nobody can put a limit on the levels he can reach.”
Mascherano, who played at Liverpool for three years, also expects the Gunners to adopt a defensive approach as they will attempt to defend their lead from the Emirates.
“They are not stupid. They have a [2-1] advantage and they will try to protect that lead,” added Mascherano.
“They will come to defend. The difference [from Zaragoza] is that, as we know, when they do have the ball they also like to play and they have the players to do that.
“Arsenal know how to defend as well as attack. We can’t make the mistake of thinking that, just because they know how to play attacking football, they don’t know how to defend.
“In football when a team plays well we all jump to that conclusion. But if Arsenal have to defend, then they will defend.
The problem is that when they have the ball they will try to play football – because of the players and the coach they have.”
Lionel Messi is ready to dump Arsenal out of the Champions League, according to Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano. The Gunners take a 2-1 advantage to the Camp Nou for the second leg of their last-16 tie, but they will be wary of the 4-1 hammering they suffered at the hands of Barca in this competition last season. Messi was the star of the show as he netted four goals that night
We meet again: Mascherano (right) set to resume his rivarly with Nasri but this time in Barca colours Javier Mascherano says Arsenal could face another Lionel Messi master class tomorrow night at the Nou Camp as the world's greatest player looks to book Barcelona's ticket to the quarter-finals
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