In the 19th round of Ligue 1, Paris drew 1-1 with Lorient at the bottom of the league, although Messi's rating was the highest in the whole team after the game, but the king of the whole game did not score a goal for Paris, and even after he joined Paris, he has only scored one goal so far, at this time everyone has to reflect on what Messi's joining has brought to Paris?
Maybe hanging on the name of the king of the ball and joining with six Ballon d'Or awards, everyone will think that Messi is the one who injected the Champions League gene into Paris, but no one has ever thought that maybe it was not Messi who injected the Champions League gene into Barca but someone else?
From the post-match coverage of the Paris match, we can see that the headlines are all "Messi shots frequently in the middle of the post, Paris 1-1 Lori" and so on, not "Icardi scored, Paris 1-1 Lorient". Almost all the Paris matches that Messi played in, the title is centered on him, we don't even know who scored in this game, but the first sentence will definitely know what Messi did in this game that is more meaningful.
Let's pull our eyes back to the Barca Dream III period, when the midfield was habaibu combination, there is no denying that Messi's personal ability is indeed unique, but will no one find that Messi's top personal ability can only be freely played on the platform of Habaibu? Messi's ability makes it possible for him to change the course of the game on his own, while Habeb's presence holds the lower limit for him, hiding his shortcomings of not defending and requiring a lot of ball possession.
Of course, not defending in the 21st century is indeed a very serious drawback, and almost no player in the five major leagues except Messi dares not to defend, because he is Messi, so he can. Even though he's old now and doesn't have that much personal ability to play around, because he's Messi, he can still not defend.
What are the consequences of this, Pochettino needs to push Wijnaldum up, needs to push Ramos up, help Messi to establish enough suppression and scoring points in the front, the opposite side does not attack Barca without defending, and does not let the opposite side get the ball, the opposite side can not carry out the attack, this is Pochettino's compromise.
Before putting the right defensive back to give Messi the bottom, useless, always one less person, so now simply learn from the past Barca experience, with possession instead of defense, the effect is not good, but also barely passable, the lost ball is the best proof. With Messi's Paris, the whole team needs to change its tactics around him, and his feedback is a Ligue 1 goal so far, what is the system player believes that it can be seen at a glance.