10 - Lionel Messi - v1

[Catalonian Devil]

He wasn't that bad...but yeah bad miss. Cesc should really take penalties.

Yeah he definitely wasn't that bad, wasn't at his best but we've seen a lot worse from him...

Having said that can't remember the last time he choked, just plain choked...

 

[Barcafan 2304]

Best player in the world by a mile and love him to death but he has previous with penalties. The run-up was so nonchalent, you could tell he was going to miss. Very poor

 

[Catalonian Devil]

His bad passing was what irks me the most... Once in a while he makes a brilliant pass, but the amount of times he lost the ball was just ridiculous... As I said, I think he is tired and needs a good rest...

No.

He played many excellent passes during the game, however later on the reason why his passing looked bad is because while everyone was playing the safe sideway pass he was the only one trying the direct pass, the final ball, but Sevilla were simply water tight.

 

[barcelonista]

The penalty was well taken. Just predictable. He shoots most of them (the few he's getting) to the right (from his point of view) bottom corner. It's the most comfortable spot for a left-footed player to curl it to the right with the inside of his foot.

 

[Messi10]

Rooney awful

It's only a pen guys! Messi will win us everything this season u watch

 

[coolasif]

Messi has been wasting chances after chances lately.Sometimes his dribbling gets annoying.When he can just shoot the ball or pass it to Villa, he unnecessarily try to dribble past 3-4 defenders and goalkeeper. pep should have address his problems.

 

[evilhita666]

No.

He played many excellent passes during the game, however later on the reason why his passing looked bad is because while everyone was playing the safe sideway pass he was the only one trying the direct pass, the final ball, but Sevilla were simply water tight.

I don't know man, sure sometimes he just makes some sweeeeeeeet passes, like the ones to Iniesta and those lobs, and yes Sevilla were out of this world in defense, but there were a lot of easy horizontal passes that he just missed... I don't mean to start a flamewar, but he seems a little bit out of focus right now...

 

[barcelonista]

It's only a pen guys! Messi will win us everything this season u watch

No one's blaming him. Camp Nou even chanted his name after the miss.

 

[Catalonian Devil]

I don't know man, sure sometimes he just makes some sweeeeeeeet passes, like the ones to Iniesta and those lobs, and yes Sevilla were out of this world in defense, but there were a lot of easy horizontal passes that he just missed... I don't mean to start a flamewar, but he seems a little bit out of focus right now...

He definitely missed some passes, but for the most part he was the most player that looked like he could make something happen.

Everyone was just stroking the ball around, he was taking the initiative, so its natural it would seem like he lost the most balls.

Needs a rest though, he definitely looked tired as fuck..

 

[BarcaGirl]

I feel bad for Leo.
And agree, that he needs a rest. He looked really tired.

 

[evilhita666]

He definitely missed some passes, but for the most part he was the most player that looked like he could make something happen.

Everyone was just stroking the ball around, he was taking the initiative, so its natural it would seem like he lost the most balls.

Needs a rest though, he definitely looked tired as fuck..

Ok, you have a point there... Rest is a must though, after Copa América and the pressure of his NT he needs to chill for a couple matches... Needs to regain his focus...

 

[impeh]

passing was off, looked a little tired. Hopefully he wont lose confidence after the last minute penalty save.

We have a cup game soon though? he should be rested for that..

 

[exneo]

What's up with all the fairweather fans around here? Messi was one of our best players tonight along with Iniesta and Mascherano.

 

[gingerless]

don't know why everyone thinks he was shit. he did his all to give us a goal, just bad luck and great defending. some of his passes were very very good, why do people have such short memory when we lose?

Does that mean he's human?

don't be ridiculous

 

[FiReFTW]

What was he doing all the way away from goal? I think I never seen him so deep for Barca EVER.