Like the Beatles, Messi is always underestimated

Although always considered the best player in the world, however, there is the fact that Lionel Messi is underestimated as real, as the Beatles.

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Like the Beatles, Messi is always underestimated
In his new book, Nothing Is Real, summarizes the remarkable writings of half a century of writers, journalists, and music commentators David Hepworth who began with satirical and provocative writings. The Beatles have been underestimated compared to real talent. Yes, you read not wrong. The Beatles were underestimated.

You will raise your eyebrows because in just a month, the Beatles still topped the polls in some of the most popular photo names in the music world. But Hepworth argues that "the splendor of their golden age, before and after, was unmatched," because "the audience jerked like a metal ball in a Bally game machine" when listening to The Music. Beatles. And he insisted that with all the "laurels behind the scenes put on the forehead" the talent of the Beatles is still underestimated.

Now, it's time to apply that angle to a contemporary football star. That is Lionel Messi. Despite the overwhelming popularity of the fans before the show, countless performances from 15 years ago in a friendly against Porto and five Golden Ball titles, Messi is still underrated. ability.

In Take The Ball, a compelling new documentary about the journey to become Barcelona's strongest club under Pep Guardiola, Xavi made a convincing argument to explain. Why does Messi excel: "He's better than you, whether he's right, left or right, he's better at defending and attacking, he's faster, he's better at dribbling and passing. good stuff ".

Like the Beatles, Messi's talent was underestimated
Like the Beatles, Messi's talent was underestimated

Then Xavi shrugged his shoulders and paused for a moment when he received the question, "What about the goalkeeper?" And he replied, "We never put him in the stands, but if he wanted to, he would still catch the ball better."

In the documentary, Samuel Eto'o recounts the story he had warned Patrick Vieira of before the 2005 Joan Gamper trophy that the famed French midfielder would face a boy who would change. history. "I told him that someday all will see Messi seem to play another sport," Eto'o added, saying that could put him in the ranks of the great prophet.

As of now, who dares to tell Eto'o wrong prediction? In the past, the mark of a top striker was to score two consecutive games. However, the statistics show that Messi averaged 1.44 goals per game in La Liga, counting from the 2009/10 season and not including penalty kicks, which means direct contribution to nearly 3 goals. every two matches.

Next to Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo was the best performer (1.21), followed by Luis Suarez (1.12), Zlatan Ibrahimoci (0.98) and Neymar (0.97). And it's hard to believe, Messi has left a mark on Barcelona's 46% of La Liga goals for the past 10 years (no penalty). That said Messi's ability to create incredible goals and amazing stability. In the top 5 European leagues, only Antonio Di Natale was close to Messi's influence (45% for Udinese), followed by Luis Suarez and Ronaldo with 39%.

Messi created a great influence in Barca
Messi created a great influence in Barca

Pay attention to the distance between Messi and Ronaldo. For over a decade, we have had the pleasure of witnessing the Beatles and the Rolling Stones of football together with all the talent. However, the data show that Ronaldo is the best player in the world and Messi is from another planet.

Messi's passing ability is also undervalued. Since the Opta statistician in 2008, none of the top five European champions have a higher pass rate than Messi. In other words, not just trying to make a lot of difficult passes, Messi also helped the team outperformed the opponent in his place.

And it does not matter where Messi is located. One of the best scenes in Take The Ball, Pass The Ball was when Xavi used a red plastic cup and a bim to explain how Messi played in the "virtual 9" position to create the power. It was the first Argentine superstar ever to play in this position and, of course, boomed to help Barca win 6-2.

"Messi is unstoppable," Xavi said. "He is a gifted, talented man who has been chosen by a select few for perhaps 20 to 30 years to see a player of such talent. only Messi, "noted Spanish midfielder.

What Messi has done is incredible. The argument against Messi is that he has never led Argentina to the World Cup. But in 2010, Argentina was led by Diego Maradona, whose coaching ability led us to shake our heads, while the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, Argentina lost before the team was crowned. Football, after all, is still a collective sport, and can not be determined by the individual, regardless of the size of the person.

In his commentary, Hepworth reminded that the Beatles were smart enough to know when to stop, which meant that their great legacy left them untouched by years. "You never regret leaving the party too early, but always regret staying too late," he wrote. Is Messi going wrong? Messi may not be as agile as the day he created the power of Maradona's goal of winning the grid on Getafe. However, Messi still looks at the game faster than anyone else.

And as long as Messi continue to score, scored a lot of goals, for example two goals in the final game against Real Betis last weekend, not to mention the wonderful process that makes all the comments, the answer to the sentence. asked the greatest player is still like the past 10 years: Messi.