This past summer, Lionel Messi wanted to say goodbye to Barcelona after losing faith in President Josep Bartomeu's Board of Directors. However, after nearly half a month, the Argentine striker changed his mind and decided to stay to fulfill the final year of his contract.
I love Barca. I will stay and give my all to the team, that was Messi's promise when he decided to stay at Camp Nou. President Bartomeu is certainly happy to have completed the task of keeping the greatest player in the club's history. Fans are also happy that Messi is also witnessing miraculous moments.
However, it seems that Messi himself is not happy. He has not returned to normal condition as before making a proposal to leave the club. The 33-year-old striker has still scored 4 goals in 9 appearances this season, but it is worth mentioning that all were on the 11m mark.
There were no goals from live ball situations, after a total of 40 shots that Messi made. Messi's latest goal was a 11m kick against Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League in the early morning of November 5.
Although Barca still won 2-1 in the end, that was a match that made coach Ronald Koeman very dissatisfied. Many experts also criticized the players' playing style and performance.
But ignoring the need to be professional to return to Messi, towards the end of the match, a very unusual performance of his attracted special attention. It led to criticism and speculation about what was happening.
Specifically, that was the second half's extra time, Barca still only led by 1 goal. Messi stood in the mid-field circle, while midfielder Oleksandr Andrievski stood nearby, received the ball and headed to the home team's half. M10 stood nearby but did not make any pressureous moves, only walking on the top. That even made Andrievski a little surprised before continuing to dribble.
A storm of criticism aimed at Messi has appeared on social media, with dienries such as "un acceptable", "irresponsible", "arritable, individual", or "usefally passionate about the match or club"... Some people also reiterated the promise that Messi made to question what "the best contribution" was and advised Barca to let him go.
ignoring the phenomenon, because for a long time, Messi has been famous for "walking more than running" in matches. The question is, why did Messi show such a sign? What do you want and what are your goals for?
Many are thinking about the possibility that Messi wants to remove coach Koeman after Bartomeu became the former President. Koeman was built by Bartomeu and it is unforgettable how tough the Dutch coach was, with the statement of "cutting off all privileges of Messi". That means Messi will have to work, have to defend, not just be the leader of the attack.
He did it, in the new tactic that Koeman applied to Barca, but in return, everyone will see the results, with 8 points after 6 rounds in La Liga.
Whether it was a coincidence or an intentional thing, former coach Quique Setien recently posted a post saying Messi was an "uncontrollable" character, immediately Koeman responded when he said that working with M10 was easy.
Is it possible that Messi's footsteps are trying to prove that what Koeman said is wrong!? And good plays are still ahead...
