In Argentina against Venezuela, Di Maria sent a wonderful pass that allowed Messi to score the 760th goal of his career, and he was also crowned the all-time top scorer in the South American region with 28 goals.
After moving to Paris, Messi did not perform satisfactorily, scoring only 2 goals in Ligue 1 this season, and after being eliminated by Real Madrid in the Champions League, Messi was booed by fans in the match against Bordeaux.
After the Paris Champions League, the media began to discuss whether Messi was old. Messi, 34, did enter the end of his career, but age was not the real reason for his poor performance in Paris.
After missing the last international day, Messi returned to the national team and started against Venezuela. As it turns out, Messi isn't old yet.
In this match, sofa website gave Messi a high score of 9.3 points. Messi scored only one goal in this campaign, and it was also thanks to the wonderful pass sent by Di Maria. However, one goal does not sum up Messi's miraculous performance.
In this game, Messi touched the ball a total of 124 times, including 92 passes and 80 successful passes, with a pass success rate of 87%, 9 breakthroughs and 6 successes, 3 key passes, 5 long passes to instigate attacks 4 successful, 18 confrontations 12 successes, 6 violations by opponents.
Judging from these data, Messi's state has not declined in the slightest, which is comparable to the peak of his career. In this game, Messi has staged a good scene of single riding through the level many times, and the 30-meter sharp direct pass sent out is even more popular, such a shot makes fans sigh, "This is the real Messi, who said he was old?" ”
Di Maria's clever pass made Messi easily push the goal. It was a landmark goal for Messi.
It was Messi's 760th career goal, and he became the fastest player in history to score 760. It was also his 700th goal in the number 10 shirt.
At the same time, it was the 28th goal of his career in the South American division of the World Preliminary Round, thus becoming the all-time top scorer in the History of the World Preliminary Round South American Region.
In the Argentine national team, Messi has scored for 17 consecutive years, setting a new record in team history. Aguero scored for 13 consecutive years, and Di Maria, who scored in this campaign, scored for 9 consecutive years.
The goal was also Messi's 81st goal in the national team, just three goals away from Puskas, who ranked fourth in the national team's all-time goal list, meaning Messi is on track to surpass the legendary goalscorer in 2022.
Messi's very different performances in the national team and Paris illustrate his problems. In Pochettino's tactical system, Messi is more of a supporting role than a real tactical core.
In Paris, it was Neymar who was in charge of breaking through and having more balls, and it was Mbappe who was responsible for scoring goals, and Messi was in a rather awkward position. Back in the national team, Messi is the absolute tactical core, almost every attack has to pass under his feet, and often enter the penalty area to meet the landing point, which is the real reason why he is so successful.
As it turns out, Paris' problem this season is Pochettino's tactics, with the misplaced trident. In the summer window, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar are likely to leave, which means we may see a real Messi next season.