“What I saw with Argentina, Messi plays withdrawal, and when he gets the ball, he plays even better. But without the ball, Messi doesn’t run very much. That space, during defending, is being filled up by their striker, Martinez. You would have noticed that in every match, between 55 and 65 minutes, they substitute that striker. And they bring on another player in that position. So that the running, which Messi isn’t doing during defending, means… to assist Messi. He is their ultimate saviour, and the whole team is eager to protect him, like, ‘One player won’t run, we will cover the rest of his gap,'” he summed it up beautifully.
