Even though Argentina won’t be playing until tomorrow, with the quarter finals starting today it seems a fitting moment to post this: Benjamin Morris took a very extensive look at how Lionel Messi compares to other contemporary soccer players and concludes that it’s impossible how good he is:
It’s not possible to shoot more efficiently from outside the penalty area than many players shoot inside it. It’s not possible to lead the world in weak-kick goals and long-range goals. It’s not possible to score on unassisted plays as well as the best players in the world score on assisted ones. It’s not possible to lead the world’s forwards both in taking on defenders and in dishing the ball to others. And it’s certainly not possible to do most of these things by insanely wide margins.
But Messi does all of this and more.
Chock full of detailed analysis to make the case.
Messi also rarely dives:
Now imagine that being Robben instead of Messi in the video 😛
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