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Leo Messi, launching a free kick against Valencia

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Goodbye to the magic of Messi with the free-kicks: Already 65 followed without score

Published:20/12/2020 - 21:09h

Updated:20/12/2020 - 21:09h

There was a period, not too much ago, in that each fault to the edge of the area was for Messi half a penalty. Now, he accumulates at all less than 65 free-kicks without scoring

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They are not easy times for Messi. The Argentinian, that to finals of the past summer was about to to go of the FC Barcelona, is living a full season of uncertainty in what to his future refers and, in the field of game, with a lot of difficulties to find the regularity of face to door. It keeps on being the best of the world and the stone filosofal of the team, but his goals, assistances and tarpaulin escasean in comparison with all the previous courses.

One of the appearances that does not do a lot was one of his big specialitys, the launchings of direct fault, are the clear proof that the '10' no longer is the same. And it is that, of the last 66 free direct that has kicked Messi against the rival goal, only one has drilled the meshes. Or what is the same: it accumulates at all less than 65 faults followed without marking.

His last goal of free direct was on 17 July of this same year 2020 in front of Osasuna, the past season. Until this new campaign, the effectiveness of Messi was indisputable in this type of actions and the rivals feared to do fault to a player of the Barça to the edge of the own area. But now, even from the surroundings culé begins to put of relief his fault of tarpaulin, in a bad series that follows lengthening split after party.

From some sectors of the fans culé asks even that it yield some fault to mates like Griezmann and Coutinho, those who in his previous teams already did gala to be good throwers, or even Pjanic for actions of strategy, when being the ancient thrower of the Juventus.

Messi follows it throwing everything

The case is that, for the moment, Messi follows throwing all the faults to the edge of the area, was cual was the profile, and continues accumulating failure after failure. The bajón of confidence derived of the continuous errors in the direct faults has caused that his launchings no only go out more diverted, but also more toneless when finally it surpasses the barrier and the shot does not leave above the sticks.

It treats of a mere question of confidence, and when it go back to mark of direct fault sure that, afterwards, will not take so much in going back to sign authentic works of art of this way. It can that it also influence, by against, the fact to be less motivated that other years, when having remained forced in Can Barça when his wish, to finals of the past summer, was the one to do the cases.

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