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Lionel Messi has scored more than 60 free-kick goals in his career so far, but when he burst onto the scene as a youngster at Barcelona, the Argentinian was notoriously unconcerned.
According to Juan Carlos Unzue, who was the goalkeeping coach of Frank Rijkaard’s Barca team, Messi broke into the first team just to sit and watch Marquez, Deco and Ronaldinho train – all of whom were excellent free-kick takers.
When Messi came into the first team, there were players like Ronaldinho, Deco and Rafa Marquez who were excellent free-kick takers and stayed after training to train, Unzue told Sportskeeda.
“But Messi sat on the ball and just watched them train,” he added.
When Unzue asked the young Messi why he didn’t practice free kicks even though he scored at the La Masia academy, Messi told him it wasn’t my moment.
So I asked Messi, why don’t you train? I’ve seen you score free-kick goals at La Masia, Unzue added.
Messi replied: This is not my moment, this is the moment of Ronaldinhos, Decos and Marquezs […] At the age of 16, Messi respected hierarchies.
Over the years, Messi dominated the game with his special skills and is now almost unmatched in world football after scoring incredible free kick goals over the years.
Time after time he has shown his abilities – rolling the ball over the wall or hitting it with power and beating the goalkeeper with speed.
Messi has now scored from a free kick every year since 2008.
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