Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 261: Messi’s Privileges (Third Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 261: Messi’s Privileges (Third update, please vote for me)

After listening to Messi's request, Guardiola did not readily agree to him immediately, but fell into deep thought.

Guardiola is not Martin O'Neill. The two have different coaching philosophies and the cards they hold are also different.

Although everyone says that Guardiola, like O'Neal, sacrifices the interests of the rest of the team to become a star.

But Guardiola feels that his Barcelona has not reached the level of Liverpool. And after he took charge of the team again, he consciously did not want to highlight Messi too much. He hopes that this group of Barcelona players will develop Messi dependence - look, from this point of view, he and O'Neal are indeed different. O'Neal hopes that the whole team can rely on Chen Yingxiong, but Guardiola does the opposite.

He hopes that Barcelona is a whole, not a team composed of Messi and more than 20 people.

He emphasizes the cooperation of the whole team, which has been the case since he first coached Barcelona.

Even Messi, who is very good at scoring goals, has a record of assisting his teammates more than ten times in a single season. In this regard, Messi has never been a selfish person.

He is completely different from Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Chen Yingxiong of Liverpool.

Messi takes fewer shots but scores more goals than them, which also shows that he is not a selfish person.

Unexpectedly, Messi came to him now and said that he wanted unlimited fire rights and wanted to be more selfish...

It is not difficult to modify the tactics. Everyone just passes the football to Messi and then watches Messi perform. The question is is this the right thing to do?

Messi knew what Guardiola was hesitating about. He said: "I promise that I will not completely put my personal interests above the interests of the team, Pep. When the team needs me to be selfless, I will be selfless. I just hope When we are ensuring victory, or when the situation has not yet reached that point, I can be allowed to be selfish..."

"Only in the Champions League?" Guardiola asked.

Messi shook his head: "No. All games."

"But isn't he competing with you for the top scorer in the Champions League?"

"It's total war, Pep."

When saying these words, Messi's eyes flashed with pleading.

Obviously he cares about the competition with Chen Yingxiong, even though he has always pretended to be quite calm...

The pleading look in Messi's eyes made Guardiola stunned for a moment - how long has it been since he saw such a Messi?

As Messi becomes famous and his status in football rises like a rocket, as he grows older, he becomes more and more like a world-class superstar. He is becoming more and more confident, thinking that he is the best and the best player in the world. Yes, many people think Messi is humble and low-key. That's because they don't know that Messi is actually very proud inside, but he doesn't choose to show it in extreme ways like Ronaldo and Chen Yingxiong.

The arrogant and confident Messi believes that no one in the world can stop him. He is now just one World Cup away from being crowned king and becoming the recognized third king of football in the world.

How could such a confident person show such a weak expression?

Guardiola only met Messi occasionally a long time ago, before Messi became the world's number one. He was relatively weak at that time. After losing a game, he would cry bitterly in the locker room and almost collapse - this was once used by his opponents to mock and humiliate him.

But now, Guardiola has never seen Messi shed tears again. Even if he lost an important game, even if the media blamed him for the loss, he would just bite his lips and face the failure stubbornly alone.

It is precisely because he already has such qualities that Guardiola feels confident and bold to let Messi be the leader of the team. Because he believes that Messi is not only a talented player, but also a qualified leader.

To be able to make such a strong leader look pleading, Chen Yingxiong... is indeed not easy...

He couldn't bear to let Messi down. He cared for Messi as carefully as he would his own child.

He thought about it and realized that the current situation was indeed cruel for Messi. Chen Yingxiong can get the unconditional support of the entire Liverpool team. All the Liverpool players are as if they have been brainwashed. No one expresses dissatisfaction with Martin O'Neill for indulging Chen Yingxiong in this way, but instead goes up to the pole to help Chen Yingxiong. Total help at any cost.

On the other hand, Messi is really just fighting alone. He has not provided much tactical help to Messi. On the contrary, sometimes he requires Messi to shoulder more responsibilities, even including Defense...

In comparison, Chen Yingxiong is really happy.

There is no need to defend at all. He does not have to do anything except score goals. He only needs to run to the place and someone will bring the football to him. It is almost like "opening your mouth and reaching out for food".

No wonder Messi feels aggrieved. Liverpool used the whole team to help Chen Yingxiong reach the top, but Messi did not receive such support. He would naturally think, if he had the support of the entire team, how could he allow Chen Yingxiong to be so rampant?

Guardiola also feels that this is unfair to Messi and that this is an unequal competition.

And to be honest, he didn't want Chen Yingxiong to win. Because that person is a typical villain who becomes rampant when he gets his way. His dislike of Chen Yingxiong comes from the inconsistency in the concepts of the two sides. He cannot appreciate people like Chen Yingxiong. Even if he can score goals again, he will not entertain the idea of ​​poaching Chen Yingxiong to Barcelona.

Letting such a person win is not only a failure for Barcelona, ​​but also a disgrace to football!

Guardiola nodded.

"Me, I promise you, Leo. You can have unlimited firing rights, and you don't have to come back frequently to participate in defense. You just keep scoring goals in the way you are best at."

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Messi left Guardiola with a smile on his face. He was satisfied.

With the support of the head coach, there is nothing that can hinder him tactically.

He can devote himself wholeheartedly to the fight for Chen Yingxiong.

Not only in the Champions League, but also in the league and the Copa del Rey, he must continue to score goals. He will never allow his record of 76 total goals in a single season to last only one season! Otherwise, he will become the biggest laughing stock in international football!

In the future, people will only remember themselves as a loser, a poor guy who was only proud for one season.

Chen Yingxiong, on the other hand, will put pressure on himself, dominate and enjoy the praise and cheers of others.

People will only remember the creator of the new record, but how many will remember the holder of the old record?

Messi is unwilling to be Chen Yingxiong's green leaf.

He couldn't stand this happening.

He now has thirty goals in La Liga, two more than Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

But this didn't satisfy him. Because Chen Yingxiong entered forty, ten more than him!

His total number of goals in all competitions is currently 51, which is 13 goals less than Chen Yingxiong.

The gap is obvious, but Messi is not worried. On the contrary, he is full of confidence. Because he has the support of the head coach and the whole team. Barcelona will use all the strength of the team to help him, and he does not believe that he can still lose to Chen Yingxiong.

In the past, Messi was like playing football with lead weights tied to his legs. He was never able to exert his full strength, and it was helpless to fall behind Chen Yingxiong. Now, he has thrown off all the burdens and goes into battle lightly, and all the power that has been suppressed for a long time will burst out.

Isn't the difference of thirteen goals just a few games?

At this point, Messi is quite confident in himself.

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Media covering La Liga in Spain and other countries soon discovered that Barcelona's tactics were slightly different from before.

Although Barcelona has not become Real Madrid, it is still different from before.

That means Messi gets more shooting opportunities.

How did everyone notice it when they first watched the game?

But when the media printed the technical statistics of the game after the game, everyone discovered the clues.

Messi has the most shots on the team, five more than Pedro, who ranks second.

In addition, the number of passes Messi makes to his teammates has plummeted.

"This scene looks a bit familiar..."

A reporter who was watching the game video and analyzing the game muttered. The scene on the TV screen showed Messi raising his hand to ask for the ball. Soon Pedro, who was getting the ball, passed the ball to him, and then he took the ball directly into the penalty area...

"It seems as if the entire Barcelona is serving Messi alone...Messi is like the sun, and other Barcelona players revolve around him..." a print media reporter wrote in the manuscript.

"Messi is a bit unique. In this game, even if there was a teammate in a better position than him, he did not choose to pass the ball, but tried to shoot. Although Barcelona will ultimately win the game with strong strength, I think Guardio You should check what happened in the team..." A fan was typing on the keyboard quickly on the network's bbs, writing down his views on the game. He is a well-known football commentator in the online world. Every article he writes will be sought after by many netizens and has many fans. Of course, he is also a die-hard Barcelona fan.

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The print media reporter who was writing a story suddenly took his hands off the keyboard and slapped himself on the forehead.

Damn, how could I forget?

Isn't this the treatment Chen Yingxiong enjoys in Liverpool? !

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