Lionel Messi - Performances

clarkydaz said:
had my hand over my mouth a good 30 seconds for that 2nd goal
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Had mine in my pants...

In all seriousness though, what do they put in the water over at Barca? Zero injuries and insane fitness levels...
 
Best player of all time. Nothing new in that statement but I love he keeps amazing us as the years go by.

Football will be a much emptier place when he retires
 
I think that he could beat his 73 goals he scored in 11/12 if Barcelona win the Champions League have the extra games they get from that.
 
Amethyst said:
I think that he could beat his 73 goals he scored in 11/12 if Barcelona win the Champions League have the extra games they get from that.
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How many games have they got left? 8?

He'd have to get another 20 right?
 
Amethyst said:
Sorry, I meant next season with the Club Word Cup, preseason Cups etc.
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Ah right yeah.. if he carries on like this. Insane stuff.

Just hope injuries/fatigue doesn't hit him since he has Copa this summer aswel.
 
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Add 3 more to the top 2 rows ;)
 
I honestly can't see anyone better coming along in my lifetime, and I'm only 23. He's the best we'll ever see.
 
So glad I got to see him live this season. God blessed me. God bless Messi.
 
Felt like a Bruce Lee movie tonight, watching Bayern play so well for... 70+ minutes, but all eyes on Messi, just waiting for him to explode into life.
 
Looks evil at times when he goes to work, you can just see it coming and the defenders hadn't a chance. That sequence before he got the ball for the second was hilarious as I was calling it to my nephew before it happened. I swear the gave him the ball 4 times in a row, he messed up 3 times and the last one poor Boateng was helpless. You just know he'll get the defenders at some point, his ability to change directions at pace is ridiculous.
 
BennyBlanco said:
Felt like a Bruce Lee movie tonight, watching Bayern play so well for... 70+ minutes, but all eyes on Messi, just waiting for him to explode into life.
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Bayern didn't play well at all. The match should've been over long time before messi decided to take matters into his own hands.
 
RooneyLegend said:
Bayern didn't play well at all. The match should've been over long time before messi decided to take matters into his own hands.
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Thought they got into the game more after half time, limited Barca quite a bit, up until that carbon copy goal Messi scored against us in the 2nd CL final loss to him.
 
If Messi turns up at his best there is little you can do. That said, what was Boetang doing on the second goal? I like to apply the Phil Jones test to situations like that, how mental would RedCafe go if Jones did that. Very, I would say.
 
Every weekend, I sit down and I watch Barcelona play, and I know I'm going to see something very special, I recently went to Rome a bit off topic but i went to the coliseum, capacity of 50,000 now we have football and they are the gladiators of this era with the crowds they pull, the sense of occasion.

With Messi it's just magic, when he retires what is he going to do? he needs to play forever because it's just a joy to watch such a phenomenal player.

I see Usain Bolt at the commonwealth games and Olympics and he's explosive and you almost feel sorry for the others, but even Messi is a level above Bolt in his respect sport, exceptional really.
 
I really liked how F365 summed Messi up, especially the bolded bit.

I don't care about whether he is the best now, the best there has ever been or the best there ever will be. Taking the time to compare Messi to other players can only reduce the time spent watching him play. Every second would be a waste.

"There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible," Guardiola said during his press conference on Tuesday. "How he is playing at the moment, you cannot stop him. Defending with nine in your area or 11 pressing high. You can't always be at your best physically during your career, there are ups and downs, but the way he has played the last four or five months there is no way to stop him. He is too good." Thirty-six hours later, we had the proof. Messi's second goal was stupendously good. At his best, he cannot be stopped.

My favourite thing about Messi (and it's a long list) is that nothing is unnecessary. For a player with such incredible skill there is actually very little flamboyance. Every touch is for a reason, no moment wasted. His fantastic football brain maps his route to goal; his phenomenal talent takes him there in the most efficient number of actions. What looks sexy is actually unerringly economical.

Watch Messi's second goal again, from the moment he takes on Jerome Boateng. An international defender is made the star of a million Vines. The greatest goalkeeper in the world is left stranded and helpless. Four touches.

Four touches. One to set the trap, to give Boateng the sniff. One to commit the defender to making the grave mistake; the trap snaps shut. One more to send Boateng spinning and tumbling to the floor. One final touch to dink the ball over Neuer, with his wrong foot. Never once did Messi move out of stride.

Messi is not a magician, because nothing he does is magic. It's just the same football as you're used to, but done to perfection.
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Marcosdeto said:
i havent seen pele, distefano or cruyff, i've seena lot of maradona, and IMO messi surpased him long time ago
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I think its safe to say that Leo is only chasing or has caught up with/surpassed Pele now, he is the GOAT in my book, but i never saw Pele play.
 
pseudo_canadian said:
He's playing an entirely different sport than any other player.

Simply outrageous talent.
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I was trawling through Twitter to see what athletes were saying all singing huge praise for him I think this image sums it up though.

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