'The Messiah' - Lionel Messi V.2

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Unless those stats are normalized on a 90 minute basis all it means is that Messi played the most games

BarrileteCosmico wrote:The overall stats just mean you play more. 2 players score a goal per 90 minutes. One of them gets injured halfway through the season. Player 1 finishes the season with twice the goals than player 2. Does that make him statistically superior? I don't think so.

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linetty wrote:Lionel Messi will be back playing in the "shortest possible time" according to Argentina doctor Donato Villani.

"For years I've known Leo and I have no doubt that he will be ready in the shortest possible time of the injury, perhaps before that period of six-to-eight weeks," Villani told ​Ole.

http://www.90min.com/posts/2595880-lionel-messi-to-return-in-the-shortest-possible-time-says-argentina-doctor?utm_medium=share&utm_source=fotmob

Cruyff wrote:"I often emphasize the poor basic technical skills of Dutch footballers when they pass or receive the ball, because it is essential when you want to play attacking football and you need to put pressure on your opponent", Johan Cruyff writes in his weekly column in De Telegraaf newspaper.

"To play attacking football, the defense has to be organised. The longer the teams are stretched out on pitch, the less pressure you can apply and the more space your opponent has. The less space you have, the more technical ability you need. Especially in passing and receiving the ball."

"When you look at defending, you can compare Messi and Ronaldo. Because of his height, Messi uses only half a metre to initiate a play or to have an effort on goal. Ronaldo is taller and he needs a metre to do this. The trick for the defender is to try to get within this metre of space. That way you defend the space and not the player. What I want to say is that players need to realise how to cope with space and positions."

"Ajax's El Ghazi is a player to my heart, a player who can create something out of nothing. But he also needs to learn when to try to outplay an opponent or when he needs to focus on teamplay. Sometimes you don't play your best game and there's nothing wrong with that as long as you acknowledge it."

"Messi did this in the final of the Champions League against Juventus. He felt that he wasn't playing his best match, so he focused on doing his work as a teamplayer. Even the best player in the world was playing for the team and not trying to play for himself."

"Finally, I would like to say once more how how much I am touched by all the support and how much strength it gives me in the battle against my illness. I said it to my wife: 'You see, people do like me.'"