@ESPNFC How’s Tuchel is a manager is beyond me. His intelligence is lower than that of a fifth grader. Should be sacked right now if England even wants to make it to semi finals.
Messi started out as the best player on his team. And the best player on every other team too. At 10 and 11 years old, coaches would remove the centre-forwards because they got in his way. Teams were shaped around his strengths. His teammates gave him the ball because he helped them win. They became his friends because they admired him.
Then he grew up. And along the way he met players who did not know him. Some had their own stories, their own fears and, in some cases, oversized egos.
He wasn’t always respected. Teams didn’t always play for him. He didn’t always receive the ball in the places where he could change everything.
Until Scaloni arrived.
Once again, a coach who understands that when you have Messi, the challenge is not to fit him into an idea, but to build the idea around him.
Once again, the best player on his team. Once again, the best player among all teams. Nine goals in his last twelve World Cup matches.
And his teammates, just as they did when they were 10 years old, keep looking for him. Because with him nearby, winning becomes easier, and because they admire him for it, and for taking their profession to places nobody had imagined.
Some stories return to the beginning.
Like songs that, after all the verses, find their way back to the chorus.
@ESPNFC This dude has a serious self esteem issue. It’s always about him and never about the team. In psychology, we call this “Main Character Syndrome”
@francepierron And it makes me wonder if you’re doing this for the attention? Because now you have it, and everyone knows u are really bad at your job. Not sure if it’s worth it
@ESPNFC@SancadillaNorte It’s all for show. They do so because they wish to maintain a good image in public, and not for altruistic reasons. You’ve been to Japan, you will know they aren’t exactly the warmest and most welcoming people