Why has Messi been playing iron this season?

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In Paris' penultimate ligue 1 or match of the season, Messi activated the spell again, sending two strikes. By the end of the match, Messi's number of iron strikes (hitting the upright or crossbar) this season has exceeded single digits, reaching 12 times, of which Ligue 1 just happened to be in doubles, and such data has become the first person in the history of senior institutions since relevant statistics. Therefore, why Messi has been playing iron this season has become a topic of discussion in the outside world.

Grand Paris coach Pochettino has given an interpretation, the reason is consistent with the general public opinion, that is: bad luck. This is one of the basic reasons, and part of the reason why football takes place in real combat is definitely bad luck. Because soccer is inherently lucky. Ronaldinho once had a video of four consecutive iron strikes, which was considered to require technological synthesis. Public opinion is not to question the inability of Ronaldinho, the first gear in technical history, to do it, but to believe that such a strike requires particularly good luck even on the training ground. This shows that striking iron is indeed related to luck.

But Messi has other reasons for playing iron this season, in addition to bad luck. The most important reason is that Messi is indeed in a deteriorating state, and his performance is below the personal average, which makes his fault tolerance rate decline in actual combat. However, here is a side discussion, a reporter from the British media "Manchester Evening News" once completely denied the entire career of the king of the ball with Messi's performance this season, which is obviously particularly outrageous. As England star Reinker gave when he positioned Messi as the first person in history: the degree of greatness of a player is judged by the peak ceiling, not the end-of-career performance that put retirement on the agenda. So, even if Messi retires now, he is still recognized as the first person in history, at least only Maradona and Pele can threaten his position.

Indeed, the 34-year-old Maradona has retired in the Argentine league, and the 34-year-old Pele has played in the United States to make a living, but it does not affect Maradona and Pele to become the first two champions, messi is certainly no exception, not to mention that he has surpassed maradona and Pele, who are already in a state of the same age, and maradona and Pele are super giants in the first gear of history. This phenomenon also prompts a topic: Why does Messi, who has always been particularly disciplined, talented and adaptable, perform below the personal average at the age of 34, when he is still at his peak?

The answer to this topic also has to do with why Messi has been playing iron this season, because Messi and Maradona's football, as well as Pele, are the most strenuous, talented and most prone to slipping style of play in history. Messi, Maradona and Pele are all-round, and not only in terms of stats, both goals and organisations, but also cashed in through technical performances ahead of their peers. Omnipotence comes at a price, and it is important to meet the threshold. If the talent and self-discipline are not enough, it is impossible to support such a kick, and forced participation will only be counterproductive. Therefore, the supergiants who play professional football in this way will basically be recognized by their peers, in addition to the three major kings and Di Stefano, which is also the highest in the historical status of the players of the same era before the undetermined ceiling.

What is the connection between Messi playing the same way as Maradona and Pele, and Messi has been playing iron this season? Combined with the 34-year-old Maradona and Pele's history of retiring in non-mainstream leagues, it can be seen that the all-round and extremely talented ball king's playing style is particularly expensive. In addition to the talent represented by consciousness, it is also necessary to support physical energy. Professional athletes originally need physical support, and the all-round king of play is the ceiling of physical consumption of professional football players, so Maradona and Pele are 34 years old, and Messi is at this age, and his state is lower than the personal average. The only difference is that Maradona and Pele are already doomed history, while Messi can still improve the length of his career by updating the manager and squad, adding time buffers, and being sincerely assisted in Argentina.

However, at this stage, Messi is caught in the trajectory of Maradona and Pele, and he is not going to get rid of the five major leagues to retire, but he has gradually appeared the curse of playing iron, which is the "sequelae" of the all-round playing king. Messi's physical talent this season is indeed not as good as the peak, even last season, so he, like James, in his age but mission without any high-intensity requirements of dimensionality reduction, the two era super giants who were previously known as iron men in their careers and had the talent to avoid injuries began to miss the game from time to time like ordinary super giants. The decline in physical fitness and physical fitness has made Messi, who is still maintaining the style of play of the ball king but sacrificing the ball and tactical position, in high-speed sports and fierce confrontation, want to maintain the original shooting state, which is not realistic, so his number of iron strikes is more than ever, and it is also a record-

Another reason Messi has been playing iron this season comes from the all-round king of play. This can be combined with the Ligue 1 of The Greater Paris and Troyes, as evidenced by his two hits to the post and the goal frame. What are the common features of these two iron strikes and most of Messi's iron strikes in the past? That is, the opponent is still defending Messi intensively. For the first time in the game, Messi faced the bag of five players and found a route that looked like he could punish the goalkeeper, but was unfortunately rejected by the column. The second time he played iron, Messi cooperated with teammate Wijnaldum when three of the five people watched the bag, and outside the box, he stood up in the bag of three more players by cooperating with the ball, and kicked out his long-range shot that had successfully occupied the top spot in the world in the past few years, but unfortunately this time it was not the goalkeeper who rejected him, but the crossbar.

This shows why Messi has been playing iron this season, because Messi's physical fitness has dropped to the point where he is not enough to face the top giants real Madrid like the peak period, and he can single out the opponent from the midfield, defender to goalkeeper, so the degree of coercion by the bag is intensified, and the action is controlled when shooting is reduced because of the lack of accuracy, which is easy to hit iron. The principle is that Messi's style of play is too strenuous, even a bit anti-modern football. Argentinian Real Madrid star Baldano said: Messi has two styles, he has half old-school street football, and half academic style, the last old-school player in history is Maradona, and Messi is the world's last old-school player. The so-called academic school refers to the assembly line star-making project, which can make mediocre players strong, but it does not help those geniuses. However, the sequelae is that they are too physically exhausted, Maradona and Bailey have degenerated to retirement at the age of 34, and Messi has been playing iron this season.