10 - Lionel Messi - v5
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perardgique
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With Messi, you can always see in the first 5 minutes of the game whether he is going to have a great or a bad game. He was never sharp enough. He doesn't have the confidence when he plays against best teams anymore. He hasn't scored nor played anything noteworthy against Real Madrid in 3 years, he was nowhere to be seen against Atletico last year in the champions league, this year also (against PSG and at camp nou against juve). He had many chances to score today but as he became older he started to CHOKE in big games. Sadly.
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FlaFCB
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He shouldn't had missed that chance.
dakt
Active member
Oh shut up. It has everything to do with a luck. It's football, 1 mm off the perfect shot and it's half a meter off the target.
Yes it's luck.
evilhita666
Barçapocalypse NOW!
He had some 15 minutes in the second half where it looked like he was going to eat them alive, then he stopped caring... I'm not blaming him, 1 CL in the last 6 years is ridiculous for the best player this sport has ever seen, but that is because of stupid board and coaches that didn't have the slightest idea of how to get the best of him... Can't really ask more from him...
Mitchell1978
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Yes, he should have buried that shot but even if he did, i doubt very much it would have mattered, i just don't see anybody scoring 3 times against this Juventus squad.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Think the team is a bit one dimensional with him through the middle like this.
The build up is so slow and everyone looks to him too much.
Would be more dangerous if players didnt defer to him so often, tried to play wide on the break early more. It is all too predictable and like Messi at false nine clog the middle and it cuts down the options.
Parlty on Messi as well as he doesnt move a lot off the ball or play with much intensity in that area either.
The build up is so slow and everyone looks to him too much.
Would be more dangerous if players didnt defer to him so often, tried to play wide on the break early more. It is all too predictable and like Messi at false nine clog the middle and it cuts down the options.
Parlty on Messi as well as he doesnt move a lot off the ball or play with much intensity in that area either.
You can tell he cares more about Argentina than Barcelona now, there is no arguing this, the motivation and determination of Leo for country is much greater than it is for the club. He looks disinterested for us now even when he is playing well. There is a fire that burns inside his belly when he plays for Argentina which is unfortunately not here anymore. Rarely rises to the occasion anymore.
Yes I know he has saved our bacon in La Liga many times this year, but there was no pressure in those matches.
Blaugrana Bull
HiiiPoWeR
Unfortunately going for power instead of precision in front of goal these days. Not just in this match.
For me he was always the best player to find the right angle when shooting from the edge of the box. Making the keeper look awful, catching him on the wrong foot in the right moment etc. Perfect examples are his goals in CL final against United and first goal against Bayern in semis. Do not know what happened to that. Maybe losing composure with the match going on and him playing deeper than usual instead of regularly getting in those positions.
For me he was always the best player to find the right angle when shooting from the edge of the box. Making the keeper look awful, catching him on the wrong foot in the right moment etc. Perfect examples are his goals in CL final against United and first goal against Bayern in semis. Do not know what happened to that. Maybe losing composure with the match going on and him playing deeper than usual instead of regularly getting in those positions.
perardgique
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He can't play with anyone on the right flank. The board is so stupid. How can you not buy a right back and buy Andre Gomes instead???? Unbelievable.
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