Although he has not yet won the World Cup, in the eyes of many people, Messi has long been the king of the ball. The performance of the superstar's career so far is indeed worthy of the title of ball king, but even if it is a ball king, there are old times, and today's Messi is indeed no better than it was then.
This round of away play against Marseille, Greater Paris finally broke the cold draw 0-0. In the game, Messi once headed the ball into the goal, but unfortunately was supported by the goalkeeper and then hit the crossbar to pop up, once again rubbing shoulders with the Ligue 1 goal.
What's more tragic is that near the end of the game, Messi also had a very embarrassing scene. It was the 2nd minute of stoppage time, the big Paris teammate took the ball at the back and gave it to Messi's feet, and then Paye grabbed it, squeezed Messi from behind, successfully broke the ball, which made Messi very embarrassed, and then he rushed to find the field for himself, and was turned by Paye, in just 5 seconds, Messi was humiliated by the opponent twice.
In the past, it was Messi who played with opponents on the field, when did everyone see him so humiliated. This is not to say that Messi's ball control skills have deteriorated to this point, mainly there is no physical strength, from the process point of view, Messi's movements are slower than Paye, after playing to 90 minutes, Messi really can not cope with the high level of physical confrontation.
In fact, this is not to blame Messi, he played the whole field in the Champions League in midweek, and the French national derby started again. The 34-year-old veteran, with physical problems, is perfectly normal. It is worth mentioning that after Messi was clean sheeted, he set a 15-year record of shame. This is the first time since the 2005-2006 season that Messi has scored 0 goals in the first four games of the league. You know, since becoming famous, Messi has scored countless goals, but now he has also suffered a ball shortage.
Messi did not score, but also related to the team's tactics, and the Champions League play 433 is different, Pochettino in Ligue 1 prefers 424, because this can allow Di Maria and "NMM" combination to start together, it is reasonable to say that this is the strongest offensive combination in Paris, but football is not a simple 1 + 3 = 4 game, from the course of the game can be seen, in the front of the 4 people basically do not participate in the defense, the great Paris attack and defense is seriously unbalanced, in the case of defensive problems, the team's attack is also greatly affected.
This season, Messi has performed well in the Champions League and Ligue 1, and it can be said that he has suffered a ball shortage in the league, which has a lot to do with manager Pochettino. As a manager, Pochettino is really bad, having been beaten 0-2 by Rennes before, it has proved that 424 is not suitable for the team, and as a result, he is not dead.
Messi has been with Paris for a few months, and as a result he has not scored in the league, which will certainly affect Messi's impression in the minds of the Ballon d'Or judges. Although Messi is the biggest favorite, but Lewandowski in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, Jorginho has scored 2 goals in the Champions League is also very rare, they are trying to catch up, there is still a month to announce the attribution of the Ballon d'Or, Messi is so depressed, I am afraid there will be variables!