have you ever noticed that Lionel Messi doesn't run very much on average he walked for three miles in each game at the last World Cup more than any other player in the first minutes of all matches now in MLS Messi can be seen walking around the pitch seemingly disinterested in what's happening but he's not just conserving energy there's a strategy to what he's doing his former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola described Messi's process in this is football a documentary he's not running but he's always watching what happens said Guardiola he smells the weak points in the
back four after five or ten minutes he has a map in his eyes in his brain to know exactly where the space is and what is the Panorama then when he understands the pattern of the game and how an opponent intends to defend him he begins to insert himself into the contest perfectly understanding where the vulnerabilities are
