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That’s the mystery of Lionel Messi with Argentina. In tournaments past, he’s often seemed to be the first man on the ball in the build-up, the creator between the lines, and the finisher on the end of his own final pass. You got the feeling that if the manager dipped out for a mid-game fernet and Coke, Messi might swing by the technical area to shout some instructions before appearing in the box to score the goal he’d just drawn up, and he would somehow do it all at a light jog.
With talented midfielders behind him and speed on the wings and up front, Messi doesn’t have to be all of those things at once anymore. He can just be Argentina’s inimitable, indomitable No 10.Is it really worth going through his stylistic profile? It’s Lionel Messi, one of the greatest players to have ever graced the field.
Per StatsBomb data via FBref, 18 per cent of the passes he makes are progressive — those passes that move the ball towards the opponent’s goal at least 10 yards from its furthest point in the previous six passes, or any completed pass into the penalty area. For context, that rate is the second highest across Europe’s top five leagues since 2021-22.
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