2024-07-23 04:00:16
Former Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti told how to neutralize Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.
“It is very difficult to neutralize Messi with an individual game. The football player holding him must perform at a very high level. The best way to neutralize Messi is a team effort and narrowing the space between the lines.
It is important to keep a large number of players in the center of the field to break up Barcelona’s game and prevent them from showing their football. It will reduce Messi’s chances, it will prevent him from getting the ball.
You should also try to limit him on the edge, because if he has the opportunity to act in the center, he can shoot with his left foot.
But if you do all this, you may face another problem. “Barcelona” has other tricks in its arsenal. If you focus only on Messi, the danger can come from other players.
My conclusion is this: if Messi is 100 percent ready, then it is impossible to neutralize him. Neither the team, nor the coach, nor the tactics, nor the defense tactics are important here.
“Messi’s enormous talent does not allow him to prevent his actions, so there is no way to control him,” Ancelotti was quoted as saying by “Sina Sports”.