He was very good in 2010 World Cup especially considering the lack of serious management and organisation. People claim he was a "ghost" because his plays did not translate in stats on paper but he was dangerous, unlucky to not score, denied by goalposts and crazy GK saves and also created several goals by deflected shots or passes that do not count as assists.
bro he was playing basically as a mieldfielder this world cup, you have the 22 years old best player in the world who is getting all the freedom to maximize his potential in his club and you limit him to be a midfielder lmao...
He was fantastic in that game. Roamed all over the pitch and was the top chance creator and dribbler. Can't believe that not at least 1 of his attempts had gone in.
Si bien esa pelota era muy particular(Jabulani),la impresicion de Messi a la hora de definir fue muy marcada en toda la competencia.Algo similar le ocurrió a partir del 2020 hasta hoy día ,redujo su eficacia goleadora.Igualmente logro compensar esta merma con otras facetas que mejoro en su juego
Con Maradona como dt, era imposible que Messi rinda , y lo de 2020...claramente por la edad, y nuevamente por un Barcelona mucho mas debil que otras épocas.
Gran partido planteo Nigeria a la argentina y tuvo muchas ocasiones de gol, en mi opinión está argentina callo en la realidad cuando enfrentó a una verdadera selección como la alemana que nos propinó 4 goles. Maradona no estuvo a la altura de manejar este plantel, ni en eliminartorias que costaron muchísimo ni en el mundial. En cuanto a Messi estaba intratable pero le faltó la compania que tenía en el Barcelona en cuanto a combinación de pases asistencias y más compania en el área ya que se dependendia mucho de el
This was the worst Nigerian world cup team, many players had no business in the team, Etuhu, Keita, Lukman, Shittu, Ordiah (oh dear) with Martins past his prime and Obi unavailable
@@philjonesfootball4696 it's long story. Maradona basically cut off all the support Messi could get in this FWC. Starting with Riquelme, he openly criticised Riquelme on live TV about one of his performances with Boca. After that Riquelme said he can't work with someone who doesn't tell him personally his mistakes but he had to know it from TV. Riquelme out from NT. Next up Zanetti. In 2009-10 Inter won the UCL. Zanetti was fundamental in that team. He also played almost all the games in the qualifiers. Maradona didn't select him for the squad without any reason but chose Ariel Garce apparently because Maradona dreamt him with world cup trophy. Zanetti out of NT. GK Roberto Abbondanzieri was never call up during his time. Cambiasso another UCL winner inter player were not selected for the FWC squad. Diego Milito another UCL winner with Inter were not given too many opportunities during the tournament. A guy like Verón was picked at the age of 35 who was simply not match fit. Zero tactics. Messi was practically playing at the CM along with Mascherano because Tevez Higuain Di María Maxi Rodriguez wouldn't come back in defence. At that point Sergio Romero was basically shit in Goal but still he was there in the squad. They were lucky that they got a clear offside goal against Mexico in the RO16 otherwise they could have been eliminated right there.
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Messi literally created the most chances in this tournament and had the most dribbles-per-game in this WC and second only to Xavi for passes in final third (most per-game), in spite of how imbalanced Argentina were under the dysfunctional management of Maradona
Ronaldo playing as a striker scored barely 1 goal in the whole tournament, while if you watched the tournament, Messi played as a playmaker all of the matches.
