After every glorious Lionel Messi performance, comes the question: “How will football be like without Leo?” After every trophy winning season, comes the question: “How will football be like without Leo?” After every heroic moment the greatest footballer in the world pulls off, comes the question: “How will football be like without Leo?”
After that, comes the optimistic statement: “Let us just enjoy it all while it lasts.”
This is how a culé’s mind works. Fans are fully aware of the impact Lionel Messi has on the team and fear his absence. They fear it even for a single match. One can only imagine the meltdown that will take place when Lionel Messi is no longer part of FC Barcelona. Let’s be honest, everyone has already imagined that once or twice.
There are two things fans will worry about when it comes to Lionel Messi’s absence:
1. His temporary absence during a football season and how the team adapts.
2. His permanent absence which is also known as the day Leo leaves the club for any reason.What about Messi’s influence that is so important? Is it just because he is the best player in the world?
Messi has been the main man in attack for over 7 years. Again, this is not about the number of goals he ended up scoring or the number of assists he provided. This is about Lionel Messi supplying the oxygen to everything related to Barcelona’s attack. If you were to truly analyze Messi’s influence in attack since 2008 you would realize that counting his goals & assists seems ridiculously inaccurate. Messi, in some way or another, has been involved in almost 90% of Barcelona’s results since 2008. Whether by scoring, assisting, sending that astonishingly accurate pass into the area, receiving free-kicks, changing the tempo, dribbling 2 or 3 players to open up play, and many other important little details to Messi’s style of play, the man has been involved in each and every goal some way or another. You can also suggest that Messi’s presence alone can alter how a defender is seeing a match. [excerpts from Life Without Oxygen by BarcaChief]
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“I’ve come to accept that the life of a frontrunner is a hard one, that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that many of these injuries will not be accidental.” -Pele
this one is a fighter #ànimsMessi
Are Madridiots seriously celebrating Leo’s injury? Classy.
FCB has reported that Leo will be out for 7-8 weeks. Yes, this is worrying. Yes, this will be hard to adjust to. Yes, knee ligament injuries are serious. But just remember how badly Leo was injured last time. Just remember what happened to Rafa. This could have been much worse. Leo is going to be okay. It’s not a long-term issue. He will play again, relatively soon. His career is nowhere near over. Leo is probably in pain and understandably upset. Please keep him in your prayers. Please message him on instagram and facebook. Give him support. Give him love. #ànimsMessi
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