Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi

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Fati_Future_BallonDor

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The biggest difference between MSN and MMN is their finishing, while MSN was icecold in front of the goal MMN loves to waste chances.

Edit: Another miss from Mbappe
 

pregra

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Passing clinic from Messi in the 2nd half. But he, as usual, never gets a sniff at goal. They NEVER pass to him when he arrives late just outside the area, which is his only way of getting away shots these days.
 

te amo barca

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Passing clinic from Messi in the 2nd half. But he, as usual, never gets a sniff at goal. They NEVER pass to him when he arrives late just outside the area, which is his only way of getting away shots these days.

They passed him enough when he was actually bothered to attack the box, for instance that chance when he took an extra touch instead of tapping it in. The biggest reason he gets the ball late outside the area is that he behaves like a classic number 10 who just hangs around that central space just outside the box. It was the same for Barca in his last 2-3 seasons.
 

khaled_a_d

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PSG missed their fullbacks in that game, and those 2 along Danilo makes the world of difference forthem.
PS: we dodged a bullet, not signing Wijnaldum
 

Barcilliant

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Messi is really struggling in a more physical League. I've seen him out hustled and outmuscled quite a few times in France. It's probably a good thing he didn't go to the EPL.
PSG struggle quite a bit in domestic games. Often it's their individual quality that helps them win.
Poch is just another bitch who has to field the star players. Mbappe would be stupid to stay there.
He could go to Real or even come here and be the main man.
 

JohnN

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Messi is really struggling in a more physical League. I've seen him out hustled and outmuscled quite a few times in France. It's probably a good thing he didn't go to the EPL.
PSG struggle quite a bit in domestic games. Often it's their individual quality that helps them win.
Poch is just another bitch who has to field the star players. Mbappe would be stupid to stay there.
He could go to Real or even come here and be the main man.

He is struggling because he can't outpace opponents, can't dribble through them, can't maintain his balance as he once could. It seems to me no one here has reached 30yo in this forum, because I keep reading opinions that really neglect age and try to find other reasoning.
When a player has performed on a certain way from 18 up to 30 yo and suddenly each season he starts to lose a bit of quality in some areas, the answer should be obvious.
 

iniestaGOAT

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He is struggling because he can't outpace opponents, can't dribble through them, can't maintain his balance as he once could. It seems to me no one here has reached 30yo in this forum, because I keep reading opinions that really neglect age and try to find other reasoning.
When a player has performed on a certain way from 18 up to 30 yo and suddenly each season he starts to lose a bit of quality in some areas, the answer should be obvious.

Dont think hes struggling. He was very good last two games.
 

pregra

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Messi is really struggling in a more physical League. I've seen him out hustled and outmuscled quite a few times in France. It's probably a good thing he didn't go to the EPL.
After watching all PSG's games this season, I've come to the conclusion that Ligue 1 is more physical than PL. The pace of the game though, PL still slightly ahead.
 

Morten

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After watching all PSG's games this season, I've come to the conclusion that Ligue 1 is more physical than PL. The pace of the game though, PL still slightly ahead.

The pace and quality of the game in PL is much better, not sligthly.

Are we seriously trying to put Ligue 1 up there as a top 2 league, just because Messi is playing there?
 

pregra

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No, but physically it is probably 1 or 2. Every team seems to have 6-7 africans who are aggressive and fast as feck.
 
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