Lionel Messi - v7

[DonAK]

looked like just a precaution.

Yep, although I'm fine with resting Messi for a week if that's what it takes.

Ansu - Griezmann - Dembele could do fine as long as Valverde doesn't play a shit midfield.

 

[Ritchie]

He's not going to be right all season. He's had no pre-season, his calf isn't right and he'll need a long rest and then hope it doesn't keep going.

Fucked himself for that shitty Copa America and for no benefit. Should have stuck with international retirement.

A shame because this was his last chance for the ballon d'or realistically the way things are heading. Everything that could go wrong for him is going wrong. Ronaldo will go on and win the CL and Euros again just to continue the nightmare.

 

[FCBfan22]

Don't even know why he played today, since he travelled yesterday.

 

[Mitchell1978]

He's not going to be right all season. He's had no pre-season, his calf isn't right and he'll need a long rest and then hope it doesn't keep going.

Fucked himself for that shitty Copa America and for no benefit. Should have stuck with international retirement.

A shame because this was his last chance for the ballon d'or realistically the way things are heading. Everything that could go wrong for him is going wrong.

Your such a negative nancy, unbelievable, how do you get up in the morning?

Messi just won another World player of the year award so how can everything go against him? The ballon d'or with its biased press voting is an even more flawed award then they one he just won, makes no sense they care so much about it.

 

[DonAK]

Well, according to Catalan Press now he's out this weekend and also out for the CL game against Inter.

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[serghei]

Unleash Fati then!

 

[DonAK]

Unleash fati!

Ready for Griezmann LW and Ansu RW again? lol

 

[te amo barca]

Ready for Griezmann LW and Ansu RW again? lol

Better to have that rather than Griezmann LW and Perez RW. Hope the latter plays in Copa only.

 

[DonAK]

Better to have that rather than Griezmann LW and Perez RW. Hope the latter plays in Copa only.

Valverde will prob go with Griezmann - Suarez - Dembele vs Inter if all three of them are fit.

 

[Total-Football]

no ballon d or. i remember when ronaldo campaigned hard in the first 3 months of the season (last three months of the calendar year) and actually won a ballon d or he had no business winning. so these three months mattet a lot.

 

[Tackle]

He will be lucky to break 40 goals this season.

Could be the first time in over 10 years he has failed to do so.

 

[Messigician]

Tbh Messi plays better without rest. Whenever he's rested and rusty he's dreadful example him vs Bayern in the 7-0 drubbing

 

[KingLeo10]

Tbh Messi plays better without rest. Whenever he's rested and rusty he's dreadful example him vs Bayern in the 7-0 drubbing

he didn't play the camp nou leg...and he played injured at the allianz.

 

[BBZ8800]

He is 32.
Older players tend to get injured more often and they need more time to recover from injuries.

He could be injured a lot from now on.

 

[Lapi]

He is 32.
Older players tend to get injured more often and they need more time to recover from injuries.

Dig up your meaningless statistics man and you will see (before tempering with those) that it is NOT significantly true.
Elderly players usually know their bodies better, hence they know how to prevent injuries (apart from caused by external tackles and shit like that).

He could be injured a lot from now on.

That's what you actually hope for, which is disgusting in itself, so you could carry on with another written saga against the GOAT.

As a matter of fact, he is most probably more sensitive to muscle injuries due to the complete lack of the gradual pre-season work that needs to be done specifically to avoid injuries and instant muscle stress.