Not scoring in finals isn’t the same as not playing well tho. He’s the most ganged up on player against every team and still manages to ball out. So many great passes and opening up the game.
Messi had a good game against us in 2015 CL final. But he's been utter shit in finals for Argentina.
Those misses that everyone complains about Higuain having in the finals for Argentina... none of them were chances created by Messi. Against Germany it was assisted by a German defenders bad header that left him 1v1 with the keeper, and against Chile in 2015 it was a massive backpass error by a Chilean defender that put Higgy 1v1.
For being the so-called unstoppable player, Messi has been anything but in international finals. He hasn't scored and he hasn't created chances. He's been poor. Simple as that. Doesn't mean he's not one of the best players of all time, but let's not make out that he's been good when he hasn't been.
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In the world cup final (and semis) he was trash. However since the world cup he has taken a deeper role for both Barca and Argentina. So to hold him to a standard where has to score is unfair as he is pretty much an AM at this point. However he could do more to create chances. Only chance I remember him creating is this Higuain miss:
Didnt make the chance creating pass (Lavezzi did) however he did create the play.
He hasn't played deep enough to excuse his lack of involvement in creating chances. In 3 international finals I expect better of him than a single chance created in the build-up.