Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi

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Andresito

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His shot for the goal is actually very impressive. Scored lots of them, that's true. But the way his steps are always calculated to the distance of the ball to take a shot is something most players don't have. It's not even a perfectly placed shot, or even a powered shot, but the timing is so good that the GK is just half a second late to it.

Same way how when he dribbles in the box and gets a shot away in almost the same instance, when it looks like he's almost passing it into the goal. It's so unpredictable for the GK's. Not a skill you learn but one that comes naturally.
 
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Rory

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Painful watching Mbappe try and play with Messi. He’s dumb as a box of rocks. Lethal, pacey and probably the most dangerous but so individualistic. Doesn’t look up and can’t see a pass if his life depends on it.
 
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Andresito said:
His shot for the goal is actually very impressive. Scored lots of them, that's true. But the way his steps are always calculated to the distance of the ball to take a shot is something most players don't have. It's not even a perfectly placed shot, or even a powered shot, but the timing is so good that the GK is just half a second late to it.

Same way how when he dribbles in the box and gets a shot away in almost the same instance, when it looks like he's almost passing it into the goal. It's so unpredictable for the GK's. Not a skill you learn but one that comes naturally.
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That's the reason he can't get goals these days like he used to. He needs to place his body in the correct distance, but his speed is not enough anymore to do it under pressure. Still, has some magic moments left.
 
Fati_Future_BallonDor

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Rory said:
Painful watching Mbappe try and play with Messi. He?s dumb as a box of rocks. Lethal, pacey and probably the most dangerous but so individualistic. Doesn?t look up and can?t see a pass if his life depends on it.
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Mbappe is obsessed with goals, i think scoring goals is even more important for him than winning the cl (in juve match also played egoistic). Maybe his plan is to break goal records in PSG and then trying to win the cl / setting cl as first priority when plays for Real in 2-3 years.
 
Horatio

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Fati_Future_BallonDor said:
Mbappe is obsessed with goals, i think scoring goals is even more important for him than winning the cl (in juve match also played egoistic). Maybe his plan is to break goal records in PSG and then trying to win the cl / setting cl as first priority when plays for Real in 2-3 years.
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Dunno man...people already forgot he was actively trying to help Messi score goals when he just got there.
 
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Horatio said:
Dunno man...people already forgot he was actively trying to help Messi score goals when he just got there.
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That was last season....this season he ignored Messi and Neymar a lot of times and looked for the goal instead of passing to them. We will see how he will behave in cl knockout matches...
 
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Morten

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Mbappe was carrying their attack a lot last season, him being selfish against teams they beat anyway isn't that important, its not like there is really anything at stake.

He will probably be less selfish in CL knockouts.
 
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