Lionel Messi is Really Enjoying Captaincy for First Time in his Career

For the first time in his Career, Lionel Messi seems to be enjoying his Captaincy rather than it's burdening him.

Captaincy has been like a "Crown of Thorn" for Lionel Messi for so long. It has given nothing other than pain and suffering to him in his role as National Captain of Argentinian Football Team. Despite his numerous sensational performances, including the one which took them into the World Cup 2018; he has always felt being not loved in his role as Argentinian Captain.

Finally this La Liga season he has been given the responsibility of leading FC Barcelona. He has been virtually doing that last season but officially this is the first season in charge. Based on the latest soccer betting odds, FC Barcelona is considered as the Prime Candidate win the La Liga 2018-19.

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Has La Liga Reduced to Two Horse Race with only Three Rounds Done?

With Atletico Madrid stumbling at the Start, there is a high chance that La Liga could be once again reduced to a two horse race.

In recent years, despite the dominance of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona we used to have a good start to La Liga season. Despite in the end it ending as a pure two horse or three horse race, in the beginning there were many teams which at least made an initial claim to be part of the title race. Last year when real Madrid was stumbling it was Valencia which was challenging FC Barcelona for the title. And they gave a good fight before it fizzeld out mid-way.

This season it appears like it will be a close race between the two eternal rivals - Real Madrid and FC Barcelona! They already have opened up a two points lead between Celta Vigo but more importantly has a five point lead over Atletico Madrid, the one team that matters the most. So if you are looking to gamble on sports, then these two teams would be your ideal bet to win the La Liga.

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FIFA Snub. It's Time for Messi to Return the Favour

FIFA and his voting partners (the captains and the journalist) found it unfitting to consider Lionel Messi as top 3 footballers in the World.

When the entire question regarding Lionel Messi's greatness usually center only on the 'Greatest of All Time(GOAT)' debate; The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) found another way to take the debate to a completely different level. As per FIFA, forget the Greatest of All Time, Lionel Messi is not even fit to be considered the top three footballers in the World currently now. As per the list, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohammed Salah are the ones who will fight for the top award this season.

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