Sanchez opened the scoring in the 13th minute after being put through by Lionel Messi.
If Lionel Messi had executed that piece of skill, everybody would have be raving about it.
The technical wizardry of Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo may inspire lust.
Lionel Messi set the tone with a run that sliced Arsenal apart in the opening seconds.
Lionel Messi equalized with a penalty just after the hour mark after Raul Albiol had been fouled.
Ronaldo, who is outscored in Europe's top five leagues only by Lionel Messi, can afford not to.
Crowds packed out the 120, 000-capacity Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata for a glimpse of Argentina's superstar Lionel Messi.
In the men's game you'd think of the likes of Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, players with a unique talent.
In Moscow, Diego Maradona' s Argentina scored a morale-boosting 3-2 win over Russia, despite missing the injured Lionel Messi.
Rooney, admittedly, never reached those heights and, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both younger than him, likely never will.
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His 22 million Facebook fans rank fourth among athletes, behind only soccer icons Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Beckham.
In his third game, against the Lionel Messi-led Argentina in late March, he racked up another goal in another 1-1 draw.
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He can call on Iceland striker Eidur Gudjohnsen and Argentina's Javier Saviola while Lionel Messi, Ludovic Giuly and Ronaldinho provide further options.
Brazil indeed had to settle for bronze, but then, they were without the talent of one Lionel Messi in their side, too.
Lionel Messi concludes 2012 with his 91st goal of the calendar year.
So it's unlikely that any team is going to unearth the next Landon Donovan (let alone the next Lionel Messi) in Thursday's draft.
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The match pits the widely regarded two best players in the world against each other in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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Its strike trio of Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi has 51 goals in the Spanish league and 66 in all competitions.
Not to be outdone, Adidas markets its AdiZero line behind Lionel Messi, and is scheduled to release the adiZero F50 on December 3rd.
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Borja Gomez put through his own net in injury time from Lionel Messi's cross to add gloss to the scoreline for Tito Vilanova's men.
Pedro Rodriguez hit a double with Xavi Hernandez and Lionel Messi also on target as Barca made it 17 league wins from 18 games.
Argentina stars Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi were unable to impose themselves on the match and were marked out of the game by well-organised opponents.
But Barca, which has not lost a domestic game this season, hit back through Lionel Messi and Carles Puyol to lead 2-1 at the interval.
Christiano Ronaldo outscored Lionel Messi by nine goals in La Liga last year, and Real Madrid went on to score 102 goals as a team.
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He moved one ahead of Lionel Messi's La Liga tally, though Barcelona's three-time world player of the year has reached 61 goals in total this season.
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There was already a superb core of talent led by Lionel Messi, whose maturation into one of the greatest players in history coincided with Guardiola's tenure.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech made some crucial saves in the game, while Jose Bosingwa's marking of Lionel Messi prevented the Argentine having a major impact on the game.
Lionel Messi capitalized on the chance and chipped the ball over the wall and into the corner of the net with Almeria goalkeeper Diego Alves caught flat-footed.
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