Lionel Messi Can't Rock Defences Again - Jorge Valdano

This could be a beef with the perspective that this comment is coming from a former Madrid player. Think it a bit he has scored 7 goals in La Liga with 8 assists but he has failed with his team in the both big games they have played this season. Is Jorge Valdano right or is he just playing football politics?


Jorge Valdano, ex-director general, ex-player and ex-Real Madrid manager, gave his view of the present form of his fellow countryman Leo Messi.

"Looking a the last game, Messi is a little off-form. His position has changed on the pitch and now his job is more to provide assists, but he has lost his ability to disrupt the defence – something which used to solve many past games for Barça", Valdano said while talking on Radio MARCA's 'Directo MARCA programme.

"In the Brazil World Cup we saw that something was up with Messi; he walked around the pitch. He was physically not at his best and maybe that is the reason for playing further back, to not tire himself so much", he added.