After coming to Paris, messi, who scored a lot, couldn't find it.
Messi came to Paris Saint-Germain after the goal rate decreased (1 goal in Ligue 1, 5 goals in the Champions League), playing more iron (Ligue 1 alone is 6 times in the frame), why is it?
Messi scored 43 goals this year, not much for him personally, but he also set a record: of those 43 goals, 16 came from outside the box, setting a new personal annual high. While only one more than his previous record of 15 goals (2018 and 2019), he scored 10 and 8 direct free-kicks in those two years and only five this year. This year, he scored 11 goals outside the box, which is a lot more than in those two years (5 in 2018 and 7 in 2019).
This phenomenon is a bit anomalous. Messi is older and relies more on long-range shots from outside the box? Look at Messi's specific goals and irons in Paris to understand what is going on.
Messi scored against Nantes outside the penalty area in Ligue 1, 6 times in the iron, shot outside the box against Lorient, shot outside the box against the Langes mid-post, mid-frieze on Rennes' free-kick, and free-kick against Lyon, of course, outside the penalty area, only the frieze on Marseille's header was inside the box.
Messi in the Champions League, two penalties do not count, home to Bruges, home to Manchester City is outside the box to break, away to Bruges is outside the box to shoot. Only the home goal against Leipzig was a shot from inside the box.
From the above data, it can be understood that from Barca to Paris, Messi's role is changing. At Barca, he not only enjoys the treatment of the stars and the moon, but also plays well with his teammates, so that he can break the secret defense and get the opportunity to shoot inside the box.
But in Paris, Messi's role is actually more of a midfield tandem than a finisher, and it is difficult to have a chance to eat pie in the box. Even though he is still passing (11 passes against Lorient on Wednesday, the highest single game of this season in Ligue 1), but because the position of the attack is too far from the goal, he can only threaten the goal with long-range shots more outside the box, so that the goalkeeper has a longer reaction time, and if he wants to break the goal, he must pursue the angle, it is not surprising that the middle frame is more, and the decline in goal efficiency is also reasonable.
Paris sporting director Leonardo said in a recent interview: "If you start questioning Messi, it's because you don't know football at all. His first six months in Paris were outstanding. He and Kylian Kylian Mbappe have been involved in almost all of the team's goals. ”
Leonardo's words are exaggerated, but one thing is true, it is certainly unscientific to measure Messi's performance only by scoring goals.
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