Lionel Messi and Argentina excel at football’s hardest skill – keeping it simple

“The phrase ‘moves in twos’ has been around for a long time in coaching circles, and anyone who has experienced training exercises around that theme would know that Lionel Messi is your perfect partner. Both of Argentina’s goals in their Copa America opening victory against Canada came down to the relationship between Messi and a team-mate — their movement, his pass — and also served as a reminder that the simplicity of a diagonal ball and a straight run, or a straight ball and a diagonal run, is often a winning formula. …”
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