8 OF 15 GOALS FROM OUT OF THE AREA

Leo Messi improves his quality as a 'sniper' in the FC Barcelona

Published:25/12/2019 - 11:23h

Updated:26/12/2019 - 01:11h

With the pass of time, Messi devises him to adapt and win efficiency with a lower physical wear. This season 2019-20 he is specialising in scoring goals from out of the area

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The time happens for all, and Leo Messi is not an exception. In what himself distinguishes 'The Flea' of the rest of big footballers of the actuality, however, is in his capacity of readaptación to the situation established. If we went in in a comparative with the tennis, could say that Messi is to the football what Federer is to the tennis: players that base in his technical qualities and, with this, reduce to the maximum the physical wear.

Far they remain the periods in which Leo Messi visited the band one and again, made eslalons interminable and dribbled to almost all the contrary team until marking to empty door. Messi is intelligent, and knows that if it did this now, to his 32 years, would suffer more injuries and would lose efficiency in the team.

It is thus that has found the way to reduce the physical requirement keeping, nevertheless, some statistical goleadoras spectacular. In the last years has improved radicamente in the launching of faults and also in his shots from out of the area. No in vain eight of the fifteen goals that has marked in what it goes of season 2019-20 have arrived from the lejanía.

Between launchings of fault and shots from out of the area, Messi has annotated more than half of his targets this course. It does a time, 'The Flea' already explained that one of the secrets of his success resides in the constant practice. It is used to to remain a time more after the trainings kicking to goal from far positions, with the aim to be even more lethal.

"No only lacking, but also shots from out of the area. One goes accustoming to hit it of a way and holding increasingly the form to do it well. At the end, everything is training and practical", said Messi years backwards, contributing an aim psychological: "In a fault have a barrier, the distance, is another type of strike. You do not have the pressure to have to put it himself or yes. A fault can go in or no. A penalti are more forced to put it".

Messi is loading the batteries in Argentina

Messi is happening the Christmass beside his family in Rosario, his hometown, and has foreseen to return to time to prepare the 'derbi' in front of the Espanyol in Cornellà the next 4 January, in which it will be the first party of the year. It will be before playing the Supercopa of Spain in Saudi Arabia, from 9 January and with the possible final the day 12. Immediate challenges for a footballer, Messi, that is used to to take advantage of them to keep growing.

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