There have been so many accolades used to describe Messi and the Barcelona team play that trying to add another is just futile and most likely to get lost. However I would like to make a few observations:
I just hope that we get to see Messi for a long time and that he does suffer the same fate of other great players whose careers were cut short by flagrant fouling. We were cheated with the opportunity to fully enjoy the likes of Van Basten and the original Ronaldo.
I do not know how you defend a team that lines up without a traditional center forward, but which attacks you from the wings and the middle and always arrives in numbers, and each one of those options is capable of making you pay with his quality.
Is Guardiola continuing the end of a traditional center back now that he lines up the likes of Busquets or Masscherano between two outside backs, and outnumbering opponents in midfield with a line of 4, essentially playing with up to six at some points.
We already saw Bielsa try it with Chile during the last World Cup, and Van Gaal has also done at some point.
There have been so many accolades used to describe Messi and the Barcelona team play that trying to add another is just futile and most likely to get lost. However I would like to make a few observations:
I just hope that we get to see Messi for a long time and that he does suffer the same fate of other great players whose careers were cut short by flagrant fouling. We were cheated with the opportunity to fully enjoy the likes of Van Basten and the original Ronaldo.
I do not know how you defend a team that lines up without a traditional center forward, but which attacks you from the wings and the middle and always arrives in numbers, and each one of those options is capable of making you pay with his quality.
Is Guardiola continuing the end of a traditional center back now that he lines up the likes of Busquets or Masscherano between two outside backs, and outnumbering opponents in midfield with a line of 4, essentially playing with up to six at some points.
We already saw Bielsa try it with Chile during the last World Cup, and Van Gaal has also done at some point.
Cheers