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There is a flaw in messi’s game, while he is very dynamic and possesses a decent amount of flair, at the end of the day his grand plan is the same.
It’s the same thing, feint from right to left and hit the ball with precision after beating every single defender with dribbles.
It’s the same thing, feint from right to left and hit the ball with precision after beating every single defender with dribbles.
It sounds dumb, it sounds impossible but he’s been doing this his entire life especially in the last 5 seasons.
It’s actually so remarkable how it’s almost impossible to stop him, you know what he wants to do but you don’t have the physical ability to stop him, until recently.
It’s actually so remarkable how it’s almost impossible to stop him, you know what he wants to do but you don’t have the physical ability to stop him, until recently.
The reason why he gets stopped easily is simple really. It’s not because defenders marked him tighter or because defenders have gotten used to how he plays. It’s because he’s old. He is way past his peak. He has lost physical abilities that made him impossible to stop...
The number one attribute he’s lost is acceleration.
Messi has the best acceleration and speed control I’ve ever seen in my life. He could go from 0-70 in seconds, hold his ball control, get into situations were he drops from high speed to almost 0 and before you blink he’s at 70
Messi has the best acceleration and speed control I’ve ever seen in my life. He could go from 0-70 in seconds, hold his ball control, get into situations were he drops from high speed to almost 0 and before you blink he’s at 70
No matter how good you are, you can’t keep up with such formlessness, you just can’t. You have an idea of what he does, on paper it looks easy to stop, in reality your body can’t physically react to such amazing ability. It actually blows my mind when I watch him play.
but with old age, his own body can’t keep up anymore, acceleration is deteriorating, defenders can see the ball and their body can react. He can’t beat all the defenders anymore, he’s forced to take shots from terrible positions, he’s forced to play the ball to the left flank..
he is forced to drop the ball from his once insurmountable grip.
It’s an ability in football that’s very rare, there are traits of it in players like hazard, etc, but none will ever be like Lionel Messi.
It’s an ability in football that’s very rare, there are traits of it in players like hazard, etc, but none will ever be like Lionel Messi.
I think messi knows he’s lost this ability, that’s why he went ape shit in 2019.
That is the second best version of messi I’ve seen in my short life as a fan.
He did all that with zero help in a system that didn’t favour him.
His most Maradona Esque moment as a footballer.
That is the second best version of messi I’ve seen in my short life as a fan.
He did all that with zero help in a system that didn’t favour him.
His most Maradona Esque moment as a footballer.
