10 - Lionel Messi - v4

[Jombi]

Maybe we can play Messi as attackin midfielder and Roberto as RB and Alves as RW as an option when one of Raki or Iniesta is out? What do you think?

 

[MaxY]

 

[Sea_of_Frost]

Number of penalties that Ronaldo has taken.

 

[Horatio]

Bogus information was making the rounds. Supposedly Messi had taken more penalties than Ronaldo as of 2009/2010 so people were wondering why Messi fans would call Ronaldo Penaldo.

 

[silvia]

because penaldo dives without touching anybody and fight with his teammates when he can't have it. while messi just smiles when he didn't get it. is that even a need a information explanation..?
and it's not only messi fans who call it penaldos. booooooo penaldo for life!!

 

[Ubermensch]

I don't know if it's ever been brought up here before. Having watched Messi for years, I noticed that Messi is able to hit the ball at perfect precision and to generate enormous power from it when the ball is moving. His first touch, passing and shooting all are perfectly executed which requires the ball being hit at the right time and right place. Hence, combined his vision and awareness, he is easily the best player that I have seen for open play football.

When the ball is still that is another story. He seems not be able to match that precision and power generated when the ball is moving. This could be the reason behind his relatively low conversion rates of freekicks and penalties. My only conclusion is that Messi, given his body height and weight or body mass, is not a naturally powerful hitter of the ball. So when the ball is still, he needs to hit it harder to create more power. But when he hits it harder, that inevitably affects the precise spot he wants to hit the ball.

However, when the ball is moving, he just knows exactly where the sweet spot is on the ball and hits it millimetre perfect, which drives the initial kinetic energy of the ball to the way he wants while optimizing the power generated. When you think of that, you just know how incredible Messi feels the ball. That's why we always say the ball is part of his body. So while I admit the fact that Messi is not the best penalty and freekick taker, this just magnifies how gifted he is on the ball.

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

Your nickname is a no go dude...

 

[TornAndFrayed]

It's nietzsche
bietzsche

 

[Bran the Greenseer]

The best FK taker is probably some no name dude in a bottom tier league.

 

[Stric]

The best FK taker is probably some no name dude in a bottom tier league.

Which is exactly why that stat is pointless. Circumstance > conversion rate.

 

[xXKonan]

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[Ghostmaster]

Maybe it's time for him to score five in la liga

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

It's nietzsche
bietzsche

I know that most know the term from Nietzsche (me too) but since the 3rd Reich it has a negative connotation.

 

[raskolnikov]

Maybe it's time for him to score five in la liga

Or 6 then again Messi would never chase it like that if he has an early hatttrick he ges into energy saving mode.

 

[raskolnikov]

I know that most know the term from Nietzsche (me too) but since the 3rd Reich it has a negative connotation.

You Germans and your ptsd regarding ww2