10 - Lionel Messi - v5

[vlad]

He needs to up his game in K.O. matches if he wants to stop ronaldo's cl domination recently

 

[DonAK]

He tried a lot. Perhaps bit too much. Very rusty though from his injury. Unlike previous years he's trying hard and not just walking/standing still and sulking. It seems like he really want this trophy so I won't be worried about complacency from his side yet.

 

[Cruyff-Total Football]

He tried a lot. Perhaps bit too much. Very rusty though from his injury. Unlike previous years he's trying hard and not just walking/standing still and sulking. It seems like he really want this trophy so I won't be worried about complacency from his side yet.

He seemed more tired than rusty.

 

[Cruyff-Total Football]

Madrid's midfield gets dominated every big match

Only against Barca.

 

[Stoichkov1]

If he had a right foot people would talk differently about him.

 

[gasgas]

Shame Ronaldo is given acres of space all the time while Messi is swarmed and can't afford to just wait in the box for service because he has the burden of having to create.

The problem is though his season isn't adjusted to peaking at the right time the way Ronaldo's is.

You are not given space,
You work for it with off the ball movement

 

[Ursegor]

A quick reminder to everyone who always want every player to rest every game. 2 weeks of rest and he already looks rusty. Resting players too much isn't always productive. GOATverde knows best.

 

[DonAK]

He seemed more tired than rusty.

He's been injured for two weeks now. Against Sevilla he was told by the medical staff to not make quick turns or sudden bursts. He's not 100% fit, but the team is so clueless without him that he got to play anyway.

 

[Barca83]

Only against Barca.

Also vs Bayern both legs last year, vs Spurs in group stages this year, vs PSG in both legs when it was 11v11, and even for a lot of the match yesterday until Dybala's red

 

[ronniecro]

You're just noticing this now, most of the time this forum is negative, i've been here 5 years and its always like that for a large number of posters even when there's absolutely no need for it.

it's nothing surprising to be negative when you watch your arch rivals walking through CL while the greatest player of all time plays for your club and is struggling to even reach the finals

 

[snowy]

Just wanted to add one more thing:

Ripsta is fucking unbearable. The shittiest poster I've ever seen on a forum. All you do is bitch like an entitled little shithead all the time which turns this thread into a toxic wasteland.

Fucking hell. You cannot even read this thread without his retarded comments all the time. Even if you block him you see his shit when others quote him.

Ballon de Mierda 2018 for Ripsta!!! He never fails to rip big smelly ones during elimination rounds and knockout stages

Dude is simply lethal inside the box, outside the box and pretty much everywhere within a 10 mile anus radius of any stadium F'kin Alien superpowers he's got

 

[raki]

A quick reminder to everyone who always want every player to rest every game. 2 weeks of rest and he already looks rusty. Resting players too much isn't always productive. GOATverde knows best.

Resting while training is one thing. He hardly trained in those 2 weeks

 

[Mitchell1978]

For people who only care about the CL maybe barca is not the club for you.

 

[Ursegor]

Resting while training is one thing. He hardly trained in those 2 weeks

He actually did with Argentina. He scored that great goal during training.

 

[Cruyff-Total Football]

Also vs Bayern both legs last year, vs Spurs in group stages this year, vs PSG in both legs when it was 11v11, and even for a lot of the match yesterday until Dybala's red

You seem to be correct. But their midfield is the most significant reason of them being the best attacking team right now. I think, in terms of controlling the match they're much behind but it's not because of being dominated against opponent midfield (except Barca) but because of too attacking tactic.