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Former Barcelona player Gaizka Mendieta believes that Lionel Messi is different from the past. The decline in Messi’s performance was influenced by the quality of the Barça squad.
Messi remains the center of attention despite inspiring Barcelona’s 3-0 win at Real Valladolid last night. The reason is that the Argentine soccer superstar ‘just’ scored 10 goals and five assists in 18 appearances this season and five of them have come from the penalty spot.
Dim luster Messi on the Barcelona line. In the Spanish League, The cules He dispersed himself from his main rivals in the title competition because he only accumulated 24 points in 14 games. Barça is five points behind current champion Real Madrid (2) and eight points behind leader Atlético de Madrid, who have played just 13 games.
Meanwhile, in Europe, Barcelona qualified for the knockout phase of the Champions League, but only as group runners-up after a 3-0 loss to Juventus. It is undeniable that Barça are not the favorites to win the competition after having run aground in the round of 16 in four of the last five seasons.
Mendieta continues to believe that Lionel Messi will continue to be Barcelona’s most important player. However, the club must also provide a capable team.
“Messi who is not the same Messi, that is clear,” said Mendieta Betfair, that is cited SPORT. “But now what is around Messi and what he had in recent years is also different. If the club had made different plans on how to build a team, maybe things would have been different.”
“You have to change the squad around Messi to get his best performance and not the other way around. His appearance is not only for himself but for the team he has,” he continued.
“I follow Barcelona and I think Messi still has the ability to influence the game that no other soccer player today can do. No other player can influence the game like him,” added Mendieta.
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