10 - Lionel Messi - v5

[Ousmane Dembélé]

This has got to be fake, right? No way they'd give it to him this year, when Ronaldo was even worse last year and he still won.

 

[JamDav1982]

Looks fake and that award doesnt mean anything anyway.

 

[Ousmane Dembélé]

Yeah, individual awards these days are pretty meaningless, but I wouldn't be complaining if Messi won, you're right the cover is probably fake .

 

[ThwiX]

Game against Russia just about to start.

 

[raki]

1h interview. Only found it in Spanish. Sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApqJNFvrqcI

 

[raki]

This has got to be fake, right? No way they'd give it to him this year, when Ronaldo was even worse last year and he still won.

What´s the source?

 

[FCBfan22]

It seems that he is playing as a free-roaming RCM today.

 

[Ousmane Dembélé]

What´s the source?

No idea, it's been making the rounds of Twitter.

 

[ThwiX]

Decent half. Nothing more than that. Sampaoli is being a pain in the ass so far. Messi ain't a midfielder, least of all is he a fucking CM. Needs to be much closer to the goal so they can take advantage of his finishing.

 

[Ousmane Dembélé]

Decent half. Nothing more than that. Sampaoli is being a pain in the ass so far. Messi ain't a midfielder, least of all is he a fucking CM. Needs to be much closer to the goal so they can take advantage of his finishing.

Messi needs to rest, he's looking visibly tired on the pitch, he's 30 now, he can't be playing every match like he used to.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Decent half. Nothing more than that. Sampaoli is being a pain in the ass so far. Messi ain't a midfielder, least of all is he a fucking CM. Needs to be much closer to the goal so they can take advantage of his finishing.

The question arises if the problem lies somewhere else when every Argentinian coach in the last few years was a pain in the ass.

 

[ThwiX]

Messi needs to rest, he's looking visibly tired on the pitch, he's 30 now, he can't be playing every match like he used to.

Yeah, been looking that way for the last month or so, I feel. Lost quite a bit of that crazy form at the start of the season. Hopefully he returns to Barcelona after this game and doesn't play against Nigeria.

 

[JamDav1982]

The question arises if the problem lies somewhere else when every Argentinian coach in the last few years was a pain in the ass.

The problem is their fullbacks and midfield are shit and managers keep trying different ways to get round it and never settle on a team or approach.

Sabella was last to get a decent system when he vurtually gave up on fullbacks and played four CBs, gave up on midfield and played on break with Messi, Aguero, Higuain and Di Maria at pace.

Di Maria and Aguero injuries at last world cup fucked that system up a bit but in qualifying it was best they have looked in years.

 

[JamDav1982]

Off the line from Messi.

Proba should have scored there.

This Argie team look decent. At least look like a comitted team with clearer ideas than have in past.

 

[Ousmane Dembélé]

Di Maria is a waste of space.