What did Messi do in 2019? He made the ‘extraterrestrial’ seem ordinary | Sid Lowe

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Lionel Messi, our 2019 chart-topper, is to other footballers like ‘Batman to an average cop’, according to one of the many opponents he tormented even in a relatively lean year

When Lionel Messi set off so did Diego Simeone, accompanying the run from the touchline. Drawn into what was unfolding before him, the inevitable conclusion edging closer, Simeone lurched and tensed and stuck his foot out as if willing his defenders to do the same until what he saw coming came. Messi bent the ball into the corner to score another late winner.

 

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