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El Clasico.  In the build up, we related the encounter largely to how much effect it would have on whoever wins  Spanish Championship. But, Lionel Messi came, ran tooth-gnashing terror, championed in totality and completely stole this one away. I mean, when you are 29 and you're are mentioned in the same breath as the the greatest characters in football history, scored 500 times for a single football club, scored the most cumulative goals in El Cassico, scored and made the most goals and assists, respectively,  in La Liga History, whilst playing the best brand of football alongside of that, I can only be proud you came during my time. Calabar Tragedy    The regrettable loss of lives of football fans, which majority are believed to be Manchester United faithful, in Calabar, South-South Nigeria, has received quite a sizable level of attention, nationwide and across the globe alike. President Mohammadu Buhari and other dignitaries, including former vice pr...

Dortmund, Bayern, Barcelona, and Leicester City all have huge task before them, should they wish to make it to the next phase of 2016/17 edition of the competition as they have let in more goals than they scored in first leg of Quarter Finals. But then, teams who are advantaged to go through may be  vulnerable to disappointments should they permit complacency to set in. Madrid, Monaco, Atletico and Juventus have to maintain a hundred percentage of concentration for a good chance of finishing up the job on a similar note with which they started, bearing in mind how Barcelona did the impossible against French giants PSG.        JUVENTUS have opened up a wide margin and are favorites to go through given that they parade a well rounded team with strength in almost every department of it. With  multitasking mid of Sami Khedira and Miralem Pjanic duo, attack that has got goals in it and a solid defense, Barcenola have a difficult mission to execute. I would p...