- Jul 25, 2012
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Would 'winner' this a million times if I could. And I have always excused Messi for this but in their most recent game v Espanyol he missed 2 gilt-edged chances because of it. And although Barca won 2-0 they really needed a third due to away goals.I'm with you on that one. I don't understand why it's just "accepted" that some players are completely one-footed. Unless you're so phenomenally brilliant with your one foot like Messi then I think it's inexcusable for an elite-level professional to not be able to use their other foot at least to a passable level. I know it's not exactly the same, but for me it's almost like a tennis player saying "Sorry, I don't do backhands - I just run around the ball and hit it on my forehand instead. It's got me this far". If they're that bad with their wrong foot then they should spend an hour after training each day doing drills to improve it. God knows they get paid enough and they only train a couple of hours a day so they've got plenty of bloody time!
EDIT - just wanted to point out I'm not specifically talking about Lamela, I meant players in general.
And to the "two wrongs make a right" people, it is also unacceptable for right footers as well.