Messi was poor. Average game from him.
But check out the stats.
2 goals. 1 assist. 10 shots. 10 dribbles (15 attempts). 2 chances created. 5 recoveries. 2 fouls won.
simply GOAT.
Average game for him is a master class Hazard type of game lol.
People can just simply have bad games. It happens. He's been magnificent this season. Stop blaming bad games on lack of itnerest. Teams can defend him well like PSG did. Deportivo was just bad.
The thing that makes Messi great is his bad stretches don't go beyond a couple of games in a row...
There's 2 from the 2nd leg floatingo n Twitter where there were 4 defenders literally were within touching distance of him. Just ridiculous tactic from Emery.
There are a few pics roaming on twitter just showing how PSG just pretty much blanketed Messi with 4 players and the flanks are just wide open space for either Neymar or Roberto to exploit it.
Obviously this tactic won't work b/c Roberto hasn't shown he can do much on the right flank and...
That was a tactical move by Emery. You can see PSG compacted the middle of the field (which was where Messi usually is - I don't know if that was his decision or Enrique's) but Emery was basically putting 3-4 players on Messi and leaving the flanks open (so the right and left sides were free to...
This year's score is misleading. His assists should be tripled what it is and that would increased his rating by a lot. Messi has been playing at an extremely high level. But he needs to bring his teammates to that level also.
messi needs to fight his own teammates and get the ball. he's the only player doing anything right now, outside of busquets. this is just getting ridiculous.
Suarez has been nonexistent for a while now too. Neymar isn't a goal scoring threat for a long time now although he is still a threat in terms of generatng attacks. The midfield is just pathetic. Backline is just bad. Pretty much everyone is out of form or not at their best form but Messi...