• The year is 2019, and Lionel Messi is still saving Barcelona https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/barcelona/lionel-messi-still-saving-barcelona-year-2019-a4044161.html 54 comments 21/1/2019 soccer
• What did Messi do in 2019? He made the ‘extraterrestrial’ seem ordinary | Sid Lowe https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/20/lionel-messi-guardian-male-world-player-2019 61 comments 21/12/2019 soccer
• Lionel Messi - The 2019 Ballon d'or winner. https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/1201600078575788033?s=19 4 comments 2/12/2019 soccer
• Lionel Messi wins Ballon D'Or 2019 https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/1201599730582720512 5 comments 2/12/2019 soccer
• Lionel Messi is the 2019 Ballon d'Or winner! https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/1201599730582720512 2820 comments 2/12/2019 soccer
• Lionel Messi is LaLiga Santander's Player of the Month for March 2019. https://www.laliga.es/noticias/lionel-messi-mejor-jugador-de-laliga-santander-en-marzo 81 comments 5/4/2019 soccer
• FIA ready to impose 2019 vision through "messy" tech directives https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-ready-to-impose-2019-vision-through-messy-tech-directives-1045752/ 3 comments 12/6/2018 formula1
• Lionel Messi ● All 50 Goals in 2019 ● With Commentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CChvHOrtHk 5 comments 24/12/2019 soccer
• COPE: Lionel Messi will be the winner of Ballon d'Or 2019 https://twitter.com/partidazocope/status/1199822289409335303?s=21 193 comments 27/11/2019 soccer
• Spanish Media claiming that Messi has won the Ballon d'Or 2019 https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20191126/471867034440/messi-favorito-balon-oro.html 12 comments 26/11/2019 soccer
• Lionel Messi wins The Best FIFA Men's Player 2019 https://twitter.com/FIFAcom/status/1176224001615704065 1892 comments 23/9/2019 soccer
• Benzema equals Messi. The Frenchman has twenty goals in 2019, the same as the Argentine https://as.com/futbol/2019/09/22/primera/1569185821_919731.html 117 comments 23/9/2019 soccer
• ISL 2019-20 : Messi joins Kerala Blaster FC https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/football/270819/isl-2019-20-r-messi-joins-kerala-blasters-fc.html 9 comments 28/8/2019 soccer
• The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2019: Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar take top 3 spots. https://www.forbes.com/athletes/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2397432094&utm_campaign=sprinklrforbesmaintwitter#655b62b155ae 29 comments 12/6/2019 soccer
• Barca Prepared to Extend Messi's contract till June 2019, €20 million annual salary (x-post, r/barca) http://www.beinsports.tv/soccer/title/barcelona-will-hold-talks-with-lionel-messi-to-improve-his-salary-to-euro20-million/article/1nia4xos68riy1pv1qp0ipjipw 6 comments 8/5/2014 soccer
• "Goals in 2019: Me 1, Ronaldo 0. Goals in the Carabao cup: Me 1, Messi 0. End of Discussion?" - Kyle Walker https://www.instagram.com/p/bsbg5stb-d8/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1gj8rd4oa14re 107 comments 9/1/2019 soccer
• [OptaPaolo] 16 - Only Lionel Messi (23) has scored more goals from outside the box than Ruslan Malinovskyi (16) among players in the Big-5 European Leagues since his Serie A debut (25 August 2019). Sniper. https://twitter.com/OptaPaolo/status/1728791187891290259?s=19&t=Q96oNswYl9Uz2cQMXspHog 10 comments 26/11/2023 soccer
• [MARCA] Excerpts from Thierry Marchand’s new book on Ronaldo (2019): “I took a risk coming to Turin. I changed club, league, football culture. I took a risk and it was that risk that, I'm sure, made me not win the Ballon d'Or in 2018. If Messi wins the Ballon d'Or this year, I'm leaving football." https://www.marca.com/en/football/manchester-united/2022/11/09/636bad8be2704e064b8b457a.html 369 comments 10/11/2022 soccer
• [L'Équipe] Cristiano Ronaldo to Thierry Marchand (former France Football journalist) in Oct. 2019: "I dared come to Turin, I took this risk which I am sure caused me to lose the Ballon d'Or last year [2018]. If Messi wins the Ballon d'Or this year [2019], I'll retire from football!" https://www.lequipe.fr/France-Football/Actualites/Cristiano-la-biographie-de-ronaldo-l-homme-qui-voulait-etre-aime/1362985 88 comments 10/11/2022 soccer
• [OptaJoe] Most goals in all competitions for clubs in Europe’s big five leagues since the start of 2019-20: 112 - Lewandowski; 76 - Mbappé; 76 - Ronaldo; 73 - Haaland; 69 - Messi https://twitter.com/optajoe/status/1437874878158446598?s=21 4 comments 14/9/2021 soccer
• [OptaJoe] 112 - Most goals in all competitions for clubs in Europe's big five leagues since the start of 2019-20: 112 - Lewandowski 76 - Mbappé 76 - Ronaldo 73 - Haaland 69 - Messi Scary. https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1437874878158446598 33 comments 14/9/2021 soccer
• [WhoScored] The last 10 WhoScored MotM winners in the #UCLfinal 2021: Havertz - 8.27 2020: Thiago - 7.48 2019: Alisson - 8.68 2018: Bale - 8.55 2017: Casemiro - 8.69 2016: Bale - 9.07 2015: Messi - 8.23 2014: Ramos - 9.47 2013: Robben - 8.71 2012: Cech - 9.83 https://twitter.com/whoscored/status/1398752108581642240?s=21 26 comments 30/5/2021 soccer
• On this day in 2019, Lionel Messi put Barcelona 3-0 up vs Liverpool with a forever memorable freekick. https://streamable.com/3e02dl 17 comments 1/5/2021 soccer
• [Florent Torchut | L'Équipe] Confirming reports from @Alfremartinezz regarding the 700M release clause. "This compensation will not apply in the event of breach of contract by unilateral decision of the player from the end of the 2019-20 season", thus written in the contract of Messi with Barcelona. https://www.lequipe.fr/football/actualites/transferts-la-clause-liberatoire-de-lionel-messi-ne-serait-plus-valable/1166357 104 comments 30/8/2020 soccer
• Bartomeu (September 2019): “Messi has a 4 year contract that we signed 2 years ago, and in the last year of his contract, the 2020/21 season, he has the option to leave Barça BEFORE the season starts.” https://twitter.com/ForwardBarca/status/1299785253050093570 420 comments 30/8/2020 soccer
• 2019-20 will be the first Champions League season since 2005-06 in which neither Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo will make an appearance in the semi-finals or beyond https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1294383538796728320?s=19 644 comments 14/8/2020 soccer
• [Forbes] LeBron James ranked 9th among highest paid celebrities in 2019 at $88.2M. He is the 5th highest earner among athletes behind: #1 Federer ($106.3M), #2 Cristiano Ronaldo ($105M), #3 Lionel Messi ($104M), #4 Neymar ($95.5M) https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/ 516 comments 5/6/2020 nba
• The World's Highest-Paid Footballers (1 June 2019 to 1 June 2020): 1. Cristiano Ronaldo ($105m), 2. Leo Messi($104m), 3. Neymar Jr ($95.5m). 4. Mo Salah ($35.1m), 5. Kylian Mbappe ($33.8m) https://www.forbes.com/athletes/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=3380563832&utm_campaign=sprinklrforbesmaintwitter#4fb6ffc255ae 204 comments 29/5/2020 soccer
• 34 - No other player has attempted more total shots (146), shots on target (77) and scored more goals (34) in #LaLiga 2019 than Leo Messi. #Opta2019. Gunman. https://t.co/gru8T189Vp [opta] https://twitter.com/OptaJose/status/1209414160213299201?s=09 89 comments 24/12/2019 soccer
• Saturday could see Messi finish as the top goalscorer in European football for 2019. At the present moment he leads the table with his tally of 33 goals scored in LaLiga Santander but if Lewandowski is able to score twice against Wolfsburg then he will draw level with Messi on 33 https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2019/12/21/5dfd3a0c46163fc53e8b4589.html 10 comments 21/12/2019 soccer
• The best players of 2019 according to CIES Football Observatory & Instat Football: 1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona). 2. Hakim Ziyech (AJAX Amsterdam). 3. Kylian Mbappé (Paris St-Germain). https://football-observatory.com/img/sites/instatindex/ 60 comments 10/12/2019 soccer
• Players with 25+ league goals in Europe’s top 5 leagues in 2019: 29-Lionel Messi, 28-Robert Lewandowski, 25-Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappe, Jamie Vardy https://twitter.com/SkySportsStatto/status/1201210700917547014 66 comments 1/12/2019 soccer
• Only Lionel Messi (29) and Robert Lewandowski (28) have scored more goals than Real Madrid's Karim Benzema in the top five European leagues in 2019 (25, level with Kylian Mbappé). https://twitter.com/OptaJose/status/1198344484905459719 117 comments 23/11/2019 soccer
• Player with the most goal contributions (goals + assists) in 2019 : Messi (55) Sterling (53) Lewandoski (52) Mbappe (49) Aguero (42) https://twitter.com/leoomessi10i/status/1194712073697218561?s=21 21 comments 19/11/2019 soccer
• Goals and assists in 2019. ⚽ Raheem Sterling 53 ⚽ Lionel Messi 51 ⚽ Robert Lewandowski 47 ⚽ Kylian Mbappe 43 ⚽ Sergio Aguero 41 [goal.com] https://twitter.com/goal/status/1189339439597789184 15 comments 30/10/2019 soccer
• With 19 goals in 2019 - Karim Benzema is the 3rd top scorer of Europe. Only behind Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé in goals. https://twitter.com/InfiniteMadrid/status/1172840991201665030?s=19 63 comments 14/9/2019 soccer
• Virat Kohli only Indian in Forbes 2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes. Virat Kohli, who was ranked 83rd in Forbes 2018 list of highest-paid athletes, has been placed at the 100th spot in the recently-updated list which is headed by Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi. https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/virat-kohli-100-forbes-2019-list-worlds-highest-paid-athletes-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-neymar-federer-1546924-2019-06-11 5 comments 12/6/2019 india
• Lionel Messi Plays Down Argentina's 2019 Copa America Chances: "We are not candidates like other times. We will go with the same dreams and excitement as always, but the reality is that Argentina is going through a process of change." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2839742-lionel-messi-plays-down-argentinas-2019-copa-america-chances 77 comments 6/6/2019 soccer
• Only 8 players (including Messi, Aguero, Mbappe and Sane) in Europe's top five leagues have scored more in all competitions than Raul Jimenez's 9 goals in 2019. Jimenez has scored more than Ronaldo (8), Aubameyang, Lewandowsk and Griezmann (7) https://twitter.com/tim_spiers_star/status/1107307854199996419 5 comments 17/3/2019 soccer
• For the fourth year in a row, Messi scores the first goal of the year for Barcelona in La Liga (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). This is also the longest such streak for any player in domestic league history. https://twitter.com/fcbarcelona/status/1082007001595547653 28 comments 6/1/2019 soccer