El Shaarawy brace leads Roma to 3-1 win over Udinese

There is never a dearth of drama in European football and here is proof Messi finally scores against Gigi Buffon! IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi finally broke past Juve's Gigi Buffon and now has 95 UEFA Champions League goals against his name. Photograph: UCL/Twitter Up until last night, Barcelona’s talisman Lionel Messi had failed to net a goal past Juventus’ veteran keeper Gianluigi Buffon. They played three matches against each other and not once could the Argentine breach ...

A summary of all the Champions League matches played across Europe on Tuesday Magical Messi leads Barca rout of Juventus   IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring the first goal against Juventus during their UEFA Champions League Group D match at Camp Nou in Barcelona, on Tuesday. Photograph: Alex Caparros/Getty Images A mesmeric Lionel Messi scored twice as he inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Juventus to get off to a flying start in Champions League Group D on Tuesday ...

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Lazio’s Ciro Immobile (right) vies for the ball with AC Milan's Davide Calabria. Photograph: Alberto Lingria/Reuters Lazio forward Ciro Immobile scored a 10-minute hat-trick to lead his side to a 4-1 demolition of AC Milan whose perfect start to the season was left in tatters on Sunday. Milan had won their first six matches of the season -- two in Serie A and four in the Europa League -- but found themselves four goals ...