Messi visits Barca's revamped Camp Nou, hopes to return
Lionel Messi expressed his wish to one day return to Barcelona's Camp Nou on Monday, having made a brief visit to see the newly revamped stadium where he spent 21 years of his illustrious career, Reuters reported.
The 38-year-old Argentine World Cup winner, who joined Barca's youth academy at age 13 and went on to become the club's all-time top scorer with 672 goals in 778 appearances, left the Catalan side in 2021 when they could not make it financially viable to keep him.
Having won 10 LaLiga titles, four Champions League crowns and three Club World Cups with Barca, Messi now plays for Inter Miami after two years with Paris St Germain, according to Reuters.
Man City crush Liverpool 3-0 to cut gap with Premier League leaders Arsenal
Manchester City celebrated Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game in management with a statement 3-0 win over Liverpool to close to within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal, Aljazeera reported.
Erling Haaland shrugged off missing an early penalty on Sunday to head in his 99th Premier League goal before Nico Gonzalez’s deflected effort and a wonder strike from Jeremy Doku confirmed City’s status as Arsenal’s major title rivals.
Liverpool have now lost four of their last five league games to leave the defending champions down in eighth, eight points off the top, according to Aljazeera.
Inter rise to Serie A summit after confident win over Lazio
Inter Milan moved to the top of Serie A with a 2-0 home win over Lazio on Sunday, sealed by goals from Lautaro Martinez early in the first half and Ange-Yoan Bonny after the interval, Reuters reported.
The result lifted Inter to the summit, level on 24 points with second-placed AS Roma, who secured a 2-0 home victory over Udinese earlier on Sunday.
Behind them are AC Milan and Napoli, both with 22 points while Bologna are fifth with 21, according to Reuters.
Boca heap more misery on River with 2-0 Superclasico win
Boca Juniors earned a deserved 2-0 home league victory over River Plate in Sunday's Argentine Superclasico, extending their bitter rivals' dismal run with goals from Exequiel Zeballos and Miguel Merentiel, Reuters reported.
The defeat leaves River mired in a slump, having lost six of their last seven league matches as they sit sixth in Group B of the Clausura competition with 21 points, 10 adrift of leaders Rosario Central.
Boca, meanwhile, notched a third straight league win to move top of Group A with 26 points and secure an automatic place in next year’s Copa Libertadores group stage, climbing to 59 points in the overall season table, according to Reuters.
