Messi's Tactical Play in Soccer

This proves why they call Messi an

alien. Messi gets the ball and his two teammates are right here. But this defender

is marking them.

If Messi passes the ball to them, this defender will cause trouble. So,

he decides to play a one on one with this other player.

Messi starts gradually walking toward the goal, and then this defender panics

and runs toward Messi to stop him.

When that defender enters the box, leaving the others unmarked,

Messi passes the ball to Enzo Fernandez.

In front of Enzo, there is huge free space, so he can easily shoot now.

Enzo Fernandez kicks the ball and scores.

Messi had already made the blueprint for this goal in his head and planned to pass

the ball to Enzo Fernandez. But he wanted that defender to move away from him. So,

he faked a one on one, manipulatively attracted the defender toward him,

and created free space for Enzo to create a chance and score.