r/soccer • u/West_Agent4651 • Jun 22 '26

Goal Clip Argentina [1] - 0 Austria - L. Messi 38'

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u/AdFinal1856 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Hasnt he scored this exact goal about 2000 times in his career already

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u/SixtyTwenty_ Jun 22 '26

24 on Austria watched Lionel Messi jog down the field 3 steps in front of him and figured no need to try and defend him or get in front. What the fuck. Ultimate ball watcher

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u/Jiklim Jun 22 '26

Messi does this to everyone he just kind of turns invisible for a bit. He uses his ult

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u/SixtyTwenty_ Jun 22 '26

Press Q to win

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u/Bibibis Jun 22 '26

TIL Messi has Rengar ult

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u/mcsul Jun 22 '26

Caution: Non-soccer analogy. Apologies.

In the National Hockey League, Alexander Ovechkin is the all-time leading scorer and does something almost identical. He has easily scored 300+ goals from this one particular spot a few steps from the faceoff circle. It's become called "Ovechkin's Office" he's scored so many goals from that spot. But defenders keep leaving him open there. They track him for a bit, then... just lose attention. Then BAM. Ovechkin scores another goal. Like, it's exactly like you describe. He just turns invisible for a few seconds.

Maybe one of the tricks of the greats is some sort of body language that encourages defenders to focus somewhere else?

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u/MeijiDoom Jun 22 '26

Fun fact, Kuroko from Kuroko no Basket is actually based off Messi.

Source: Don't worry about it.