I have a friend who loves peace and movement, and loves peaceful movement even more, he is kind and helpful, especially has made outstanding contributions to Sino-Japanese friendship, there was a time when he went to Cangjing Kong, Hongyin Fluorescent, Yoshizawa Mingbu and other teachers' Weibo messages every day, reminding all teachers to "drink more water", just as the so-called no accumulation of steps can not lead to thousands of miles, do not accumulate small streams can not become rivers and seas, several teachers thanked and moved him, the so-called as long as everyone has more - no, is to drink more water, the world will become a beautiful world.
In my humble wisdom, I speculate that although the teachers are foreigners, they are talented and intelligent, and they have experienced hundreds of battles, so they may not understand his true meaning. The reason why my friend was able to receive a kind response was first of all because the starting point was good after all, whether it was for the health of the teachers or the artistic appeal; secondly, his advice was not mandatory; and finally, it was only the most important point, that is, drinking water is a good thing after all, and drinking more water represents a healthy lifestyle.
But not all healthy lifestyles can be responded to with kindness – you can now go to Messi's Weibo and leave a message "Run More" to try.
First of all, it must be confirmed and emphasized that Messi is not only the most talented in football today, but also the player who combines talent and body to the most perfect degree, even in the long history, only a few ancient gods such as Maradona can compare with it. There is no doubt about this, who does not admit it is a hooligan.
But why doesn't he love to run?
Obviously, Messi hasn't always been a non-runner. In the 2005 Gamber Cup Barca vs Juve, Messi was like a sports car on the highway that suddenly failed to brake, not to mention the opposing player, even he probably didn't know how to stop, then Juve coach Capello looked dumbfounded, stood by the sideline and talked with his former disciple Rijkaard about business: "Rent this little devil to me, anyway, he doesn't have an EU passport now, he can't play for you, in a few years I will give it to you." ”
Of course, of course, that was eleven years ago, but now Messi is only twenty-nine years old, and it's not from the last month that he has not been running. In the World Cup final two years ago, Messi played 120 minutes and ran 10,721 meters, while Argentina averaged 12,581 meters for the whole team – including goalkeeper Romero.
A compelling explanation is that Messi doesn't have to run, and he can beat his opponents with his wisdom and magic alone. For the most part, this is indeed the case, and in many games Argentines can score goals on their own feet or even complete a hat-trick. For example, in the first leg of this season's Champions League quarter-finals away to Arsenal, Messi joked with Suarez when he walked to the sideline after the whistle was blown: "Today I played on the bench. "Then he scored twice in that game.
But there are always some opponents that cannot be defeated by wisdom and talent alone, and there are always moments when you have to pay the last drop of sweat to get the victory. This was true of Germany in 2014, as well as atletico Atletico, who had just eliminated Barca from the Champions League, so why did Messi still not run in these competitions?
There could be two reasons. One is that Messi is not willing to run more, is not willing to waste his energy on pressing and oppressing opponents, and even if he still has energy, he is more inclined to survive the next attack in case of emergency.
Theoretically, this idea is correct. Good steel is used on the blade, as the best attacker, every touch can create a threat, Messi should certainly put more energy into the offensive end, defensive things will be left to others to do well. But in practice, there may be a problem - no matter how good a player, must have the opportunity to touch the ball to create a threat, if his teammates can not successfully grab the ball and send it to his feet, then no matter how much energy he has accumulated, it is a void.
One set of stats that can support this speculation is that barca beat Atletico 2-1 at home in the first leg of the quarter-finals, and Messi ran 7841 meters, but in the more crucial second leg, the Argentine only ran 7049 meters. Barca were also eliminated by Atletico two years ago, running 8191 meters at home to Messi in the first leg and only 6853 meters at Calderon in the second leg. Home is dominant, runs more, the away situation is difficult, and there are fewer runs – of course, this is only compared to Messi himself, and in these four games, the Argentine is the least running in the starting game except for the goalkeeper.
Another possible reason is that Messi didn't want to run, but couldn't run.
If so, it is understandable. So far this season, Messi has made a total of 43 appearances for Barca, played a total of 153 games in the past three seasons, last summer was the Copa America, the previous summer was the World Cup, ran 10200 meters in Iniesta Calderon, but Xiaobai has only played 38 games this season, and last summer got enough rest, not comparable. Ronaldo has also played 43 games this season, a total of 156 games in the past three seasons, which is basically similar to Messi - but like Messi's talent, Ronaldo's physical fitness is also "what do you see" level, we can't ask C Ronaldo to be as good as Messi, of course, we can't ask Messi to run like Ronaldo.
Interestingly, however, if this is the case, and if it is really because of too much fatigue, resulting in more than enough energy, why don't Argentines rest? Since the Pep Guardiola era, as long as Messi has not been injured, he will basically play every game, let alone take a break, even if he is replaced in advance. C Ronaldo does not need to rest, because he really does not need it, the Portuguese just need to change the battery, but Messi obviously needs, but why must he play, why must he fight so hard? Could this make him enjoy more football?
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