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Lionel Messi: Why Is Barcelona Star Struggling To Score Free-kicks?
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It feels less and less likely that Lionel Messi will still be a Barcelona player next season with each passing week.

The legendary forward made no secret of his desire to leave Camp Nou in the summer but was denied the opportunity to do so.

The result? Barça now find themselves with an unhappy captain who, despite the odd moment of magic, doesn’t seem fully committed to the cause. You get the impression that his plan is to leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Messi has scored four goals and proved just two assists in 10 La Liga games this season. These aren’t numbers you associate with the six-time Ballon d’Or winner.


Age might be a factor - he turned 33 in June - but when you consider the fact he scored 25 goals and registered 22 assists in La Liga last season, it’s hard not to feel that his decline in form is purely down to the fact he’s unsettled.



Recent eyebrow-raising comments from the club’s interim president Carlos Tusquets would hardly have helped matters, either.

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Cavani And Martial Ruled Out For Man Utd As Solskjaer Gives Team News Update Ahead Of Crunch RB Leipzig Clash
~2.1 mins read
The duo will not travel to Germany for the final group-stage game as they look to progress to the Champions League knockout stages.

Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial have been ruled out of Manchester United’s Champions League clash with RB Leipzig with niggles.

Both players came off in the second half of United’s comeback win against West Ham in the league at the weekend and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed they would not be making the trip to Germany for the crucial final group stage game.
“David (de Gea) is back and travelling, Luke (Shaw) is travelling, Edinson (Cavani) and Anthony (Martial) only minor niggles but they won’t be making the trip,” Solskjaer said.
United travel to Germany for Tuesday night’s game needing just one point to send them through into the knockout rounds. They beat Julian Nagelsmann’s side 5-0 in the reverse fixture at Old Trafford in October but, despite that convincing victory, Solskjaer knows it will be a tough test.

“It’s a game we will remember fondly because we did many things right,” Solskjaer explained.

“We need to do lots of things right again, we should also correct a few wrongs, we know Leipzig well enough to know they’re unpredictable in their shape and system but, we know the players and the style they play in so we know it’s going to be a tough game and we need to be at our best to get a good result.”

But, despite being in a position where just a point is needed, Solskjaer joked that it could be a dramatic evening.

His side have come behind to get a result in their first five Premier League away games of the season and said it is ‘typical’ of the club to make things difficult for themselves.
The character of the group is getting better and better and we’re looking forward to the game, it’s something that we want, games like this,” the United manager said.
“It’s tradition for Manchester United, we never make it easy for ourselves, we look at the games, especially the Istanbul away game when we could have got three points, that’s just the way we do things.
"We make it hard for ourselves. It’s been like that ever since I played, and that’s a long time ago.”

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