minus-squarePhiliperix@alien.topBtoFootball / Soccer / Calcio / Futebol / Fußball@soccer.forum•Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before."linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCruyff, Pele, Neuer, Yashin are all wayyy more infuential than Messi. Messi’s biggest influence was the short period of the false 9 in world football, apart from that, he really didnt change the way the game is played. linkfedilink
minus-squarePhiliperix@alien.topBtoFootball / Soccer / Calcio / Futebol / Fußball@soccer.forum•Ukraine penalty shout against Italy 90+3'linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoLooks more like a dive to me. linkfedilink
Cruyff, Pele, Neuer, Yashin are all wayyy more infuential than Messi. Messi’s biggest influence was the short period of the false 9 in world football, apart from that, he really didnt change the way the game is played.