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Lionel Messi scored Barcelona's 6,000th goal in La Liga on Saturday to put his side ahead in their season-opening 3-0 win against Alaves. Messi spectacularly sent a free kick under the jumping Alaves wall in the 64th minute to push Barcelona onto 6,000 goals from their 2,801 games since 1929. Only Real Madrid have scored more goals in the league, with 6,041 in 2,800 games. After Philippe Coutinho doubled Barcelona's lead in the 83rd minute, Messi scored his second goal of the day with the last kick of the game to increase his all-time La Liga tally to 385 goals -- or 6.4% of all of Barcelona's league goals in their history. FC Barcelona ✔ @FCBarcelona GOAL in @ LaLigaEN : Keep them coming! # BarçaAlavés 12:41 AM - Aug 19, 2018 14.1K 4,147 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy "Sometimes in games like this you have to just wait for Leo to go and do his thing," Barca's S...

Thanks to the  2-1 win against Sevilla  in the final of the Spanish Super Cup played in Tangier, Morocco, Leo Messi has become the player with most honours in the Club’s history. The first trophy of the season takes the Argentine’s total to 33, moving past another Barça legend, Andrés Iniesta who has 32. The midfielder who now plays in Japan had an identical record to Leo Messi as a Barça player and both had topped the record previously held by Xavi Hernández with 25 following victory in the 2015 Club World Cup against Argentine club River Plate in Japan. With Iniesta no longer at the Club, Messi takes over the record on his own as he continues to consolidate his legacy as the best player in FC Barcelona history, one that just keeps growing and growing. source

Ronaldo Vieira has become the latest England youth international to move overseas after completing his £6.2m move to  Sampdoria . The 20-year-old was unveiled on Friday by the Serie A side after being given permission to leave Elland Road by Marcelo Bielsa, although he appeared to indicate the transfer was not his choice. Premier League 2018-19 preview No 9: Fulham   Read more “Sometimes in life things don’t go as you want them. Sometimes things are out of your control,” Vieira  wrote in a message  posted on Twitter. “But then you have to take these opportunities and give it your everything the same way I have always done. I have nothing but love for Leeds United. I have many great memories, I started my career at Leeds so I would like to thank every coach and member of staff who has been involved in my development, my teammates who have become like family to me and I wish them all the best for the future.” Sampdoria mimicked Juventus’ annou...

When is Cristiano Ronaldo's first match for Juventus? Following his blockbuster summer move from Real Madrid, when can we expect to see the Portuguese striker make his debut for the Italian side? Cristiano Ronaldo made a sensational move to Juventus from Real Madrid in a   deal worth €100 million (£89m/$117m) , rocking the football world to its very core. The Portuguese superstar won everything under the sun with the La Liga side and moves to Italy in the hopes that he can add to his legacy of dominating every aspect of European football, including a chance to help Juventus lift a third Champions League trophy. But how soon can he make his Juventus debut, and will he face up against Madrid when the two sides meet in the   International Champions' Cup  this summer in the United States? Due to the Portuguese star's commitments at the World Cup, he will miss the mouth-watering opportunity to come up against his former club when Juventus meet Real Madrid at Fe...