10 - Lionel Messi - v4

[serghei]

The person who takes penalties is usually associated with the best attacking player in the team, as well as the team's leader on the pitch. Taking Messi off penalties means a signal that he is not good at them, and that's not something you transmit to your best player.

Plus, a large part of missed penalties for Messi were not decisive in any way. Except the one vs Chelsea, which really hurt us, he almost always scores when the pressure is on, both with Argentina and in clasicos for example.

He obviously focuses more in tough games when he takes a penalty.

 

[Horatio]

He obviously focuses more in tough games when he takes a penalty.

The one against City was pretty important though. In hindsight maybe not as much since we beat them at home, but it could've still led to a more comfortable lead.


I am still inclined to believe Messi will not take all future penalties. I think it will depend on the situation and MSN will communicate with one another to decide who is in the best state to take the penalty.

In the end it is pretty much irrelevant to me. I think all three are qualified to take them.

 

[serghei]

I don't think the penalty with City was that important tbh, a 2-1 win away from home is a great result. If anything, that miss made him humiliate City in the return leg, with all those amazing nutmeggs.

 

[Horatio]

I don't think the penalty with City was that important tbh, a 2-1 win away from home is a great result. If anything, that miss made him humiliate City in the return leg.

That's looking after the fact. At that moment having an opportunity to increase the lead in a CL knockout stage game can definitely be considered important.
City wasn't the strongest, but it ain't Bate either.

 

[raskolnikov]

Messi missed 4 important penalties, city, atletico for the supercopa, sevilla in 2011/12 and of course chelsea 2012.
Bur he also scored in many important games and shootouts.
For some reason I would trust him more in a cl final than in the copa del rey vs levante.

 

[Egert]

Luis Enrique: "Messi? He has recovered, but we'll see how he feels. We still have a training now and we'll talk after that." #fcblive

Luis Enrique: "When decision about Messi starting or not? I'll talk today with him, tomorrow, and it'll be decided an hour before the game."

 

[6 Ballons for Messi]

Messi missed 4 important penalties, city, atletico for the supercopa, sevilla in 2011/12 and of course chelsea 2012.
Bur he also scored in many important games and shootouts.
For some reason I would trust him more in a cl final than in the copa del rey vs levante.

How are these 3 first penalties important?
The only important is the chelsea one.

 

[El Flaco]

Our best penalty takers (who've made at least 20 penalties during the carrer)

1st - Neymar with 86% converstion rate (24 successful penalties and 4 missed penalties)
2nd - Suarez with 81% converstion rate (26 successful penalties and 6 missed penalties)
3rd - Messi with 79% converstion rate (65 successful penalties and 17 missed penalties)
4th - Rakitic with 70% converstion rate (14 successful penalties and 6 missed penalties)

 

[El Flaco]

Source

 

[Alik]

Good that Messi will make it.

A classico without Messi would not have been the same.

 

[Jaguar]

I don't think the penalty with City was that important tbh, a 2-1 win away from home is a great result. If anything, that miss made him humiliate City in the return leg, with all those amazing nutmeggs.

Have to say I think he deliberately made a point of doing that to make up for it either way it was amazing

 

[serghei]

How are these 3 first penalties important?
The only important is the chelsea one.

I guess it depends how you define important. For me as well, the only penalty that cost us was the one vs. Chelsea.

 

[dakt]

If I understand it correctly, he won't play:

 

[FC B]

Personally I'm 90% sure he won't start the game but that he'll be used.

 

[Kerrybai]

I guess it depends how you define important. For me as well, the only penalty that cost us was the one vs. Chelsea.

I would count the Sevilla one as important as it cost us 2 points. I don't think we should try to define what we think is an important penalty, but instead define the penalties that put him under pressure. I reckon he felt the pressure quite a bit with the one against City.