JAKARTA - Former Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach Vahid Halilhodzic believes that Leonel Messi is playing smarter under the current tactician Christophe Galtier.
The Argentina international is currently considered playing much more comfortable because of the new position given to him. That position makes him have to serve Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
"I also feel he is smarter. He dribbles less and less than at Barcelona. Messi is a football teacher," Halilhodzic said, reported by Sportkeeda.
"In this position, he thinks more about helping Neymar and Mbappe than scoring goals and thinking about the Ballon d'Or. This is something new that I see," he added.
Lionel Messi struggled under Mauricio Pochettino in his debut season at the club based in the French capital.
The former Barcelona man scored just 11 goals in 34 games across competitions in the 2021/2022 season and only six of those goals have come in Ligue 1 in 26 appearances.
As for this season, the 35-year-old has scored four goals in four games for Les Parisiens. Three goals from that amount he netted in Ligue 1 France from three appearances.
He recorded one goal and one assist in his last game in Ligue 1 which helped the French giants to a 7-1 win over Lille on Sunday.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
