Oh please
Madrid has been choking against barcelona for nearly a decade now, and messi was not "amazing" in his first 2 Cl finals. Iniesta and Xavi were, Messi was as good as the other players on the team.
He did not "destroy" bayern. Bayern was having a huge injury crisis and was withstanding Barcelona pretty good untill the 77th minute. Then messi scored a nice shot, after witch bayern completely collapsed. His second goal was nice but Bayern's defence was all over the place.
In big games, Platini and Zidane showed up. Much more then most players, exceptions prove the rule. Messi however, degrades to an extremely clinical ghost. Wich is totally fine if you play in the best offensive team in the world for a decade now. It is not fine when you play at argentina and are supposed to carry the team.
Neymar isnt as clinical as messi always is. But he can carry his team against strong opponents. Messi cant.
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Messi is one of the biggiest wtf examples of owning in big games for club football history, both league and CL. Its crazy to say otherwise indeed. But Argentina is whole another matter, just not in similar comfort and role there.
He does not "own". He's extremely clinical, and goes missing the entire game untill the team creates space for him and he'll score. Thats Messi. Argentina cannot do that, so he'll suck against organised teams if they keep concentrated all game.