Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff once said of Lionel Messi: “You can never lose sight of Messi. You must always know where he is.”
Such is the caliber of the little Argentinian that he will shred the defence in a split second, pouncing on the slightest mistake or gap.
In other words — to stop Messi is to stop Barcelona.
But is Barcelona’s passing ‘carousel’ the only reason teams lose against them? No. It is their technique...
