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FIFA released a report on Messi’s performance in the World Cup—really, you’ll be amazed by how many details there are!
The report says that Messi is the player who covers the most distance on the pitch at 62.7%, and he tends to stay standing at 24.7%. He reaches a maximum speed at only 1%, and he doesn’t enter any sprint races at 0.1%—which is basically zero. Meaning he’s the player who covers the least total distance in the tournament, and there isn’t any other forward in the World Cup who covered a 5 km distance from walking in just two matches!
And yet, Messi is the World Cup top scorer with 8 goals. He’s the player who creates the most chances that lead to a real scoring opportunity, with 7 chances. He’s the third most likely to touch the ball in the final third, and the sixth most times to receive the ball with 97 receptions. And that’s not all—21% of his movements end up in the penalty area!
This was explained by Varane in a statement before, where he said: "You have to keep communicating with your teammates in the team, because Messi is brilliant at offside-related movements into areas that you don’t know who should defend. He’s extremely sharp because he knows when the defenders’ attention will be diverted!
That’s why Jürgen Klopp previously said that as long as you’re not Lionel Messi, you should defend. The takeaway is that Messi walks and saves his effort so that when he receives the ball he’s already analyzed the situation—he knows the gaps he’ll go through and how he’ll contribute with a goal for his team. The smartest animal in life 💙
FIFA released a report on Messi’s performance in the World Cup—really, you’ll be amazed by how many details there are!
The report says that Messi is the player who covers the most distance on the pitch at 62.7%, and he tends to stay standing at 24.7%. He reaches a maximum speed at only 1%, and he doesn’t enter any sprint races at 0.1%—which is basically zero. Meaning he’s the player who covers the least total distance in the tournament, and there isn’t any other forward in the World Cup who covered a 5 km distance from walking in just two matches!
And yet, Messi is the World Cup top scorer with 8 goals. He’s the player who creates the most chances that lead to a real scoring opportunity, with 7 chances. He’s the third most likely to touch the ball in the final third, and the sixth most times to receive the ball with 97 receptions. And that’s not all—21% of his movements end up in the penalty area!
This was explained by Varane in a statement before, where he said: "You have to keep communicating with your teammates in the team, because Messi is brilliant at offside-related movements into areas that you don’t know who should defend. He’s extremely sharp because he knows when the defenders’ attention will be diverted!
That’s why Jürgen Klopp previously said that as long as you’re not Lionel Messi, you should defend. The takeaway is that Messi walks and saves his effort so that when he receives the ball he’s already analyzed the situation—he knows the gaps he’ll go through and how he’ll contribute with a goal for his team. The smartest animal in life 💙
