The Argentinian superstar, who has jolted Inter Miami to life since his arrival, has a knack for finding the right spots in the right moments – as if he can see into the future.
Winning a professional soccer match is difficult enough on the day.
Sometimes something works, but that’s generally more indicative of an all-out team effort to limit Messi’s influence than a particular strategy born in film rooms and practice fields. Noting the various approaches opponents attempt to disrupt Messi, “he still understands how to find the game and find the ball and moments to make plays,” Noonan said after the clear Supporters’ Shield leaders fell for only the second time in 18 matches at home this year. “And even when you do things right, even when you get pressure to a top player like him, he has the ability to beat you one-on-one and now the whole picture changes how you have to defend the goal.
Sunday night at BMO Stadium, the defending MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Football Club gets the next crack at becoming the first CONCACAF region club to beat the world’s best player since he arrived playing his joyful, mesmerizing best.“We are not a team that could defend in the box for 90 minutes,” said LAFC defender Giorgio Chiellini, who anchored back lines with Juventus and the Italian national team that both shut out and were exposed by Messi. “It’s a different philosophy.
With more than a week to prepare, LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo, his staff, the club’s data analysts and, of course, the players took five days to work out how they want to play 11-on-11 while coping with Messi. Depending on the number of games LAFC has in any given month, those duties get staggered among the staff, including Cherundolo and assistant coach Ante Razov.
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