if
Messi came off the bench and scored a goal would that indicate he is better as a substitute??
The image of a semi-fit
Messi coming off the bench and creating the goal which got us past PSG in last season's Champions League is etched in everyone's memory.
Lionel
Messi came off the bench to earn Barcelona a 2 - 1 victory at Atletico Madrid on Saturday while Cristiano Ronaldo hit five goals in a 6 - 0 romp a -LRB-...)
Lionel
Messi came off the bench to earn Barcelona a 2 - 1 victory at Atletico Madrid on Saturday while Cristiano Ronaldo hit five goals in a 6 - 0 romp at Espanyol to become Real Madrid's record La Liga scorer.
Lionel
Messi came off the bench to preserve Barcelona's unbeaten run in La Liga with a sensational late equaliser in a thrilling 2 - 2 draw at Sevilla o -LRB-...)
Lionel
Messi came off the bench to grab the winner for the Catalans in the 77th minute as he dinked the ball into the net after neat interplay with Luis Suarez.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile,
Messi has already scored (another) hat - trick for Argentina,
coming off the
bench to bag three in a 5 - 0 win over Panama at the Copa America.
His importance can be seen when is not there, as against Sevilla recently when Barca were all at sea without him and
Messi, who
came off the
bench to help the Blaugrana claim a 2 - 2 draw at the Sanchez Pizjuan.
Messi's latest rescue - act on Saturday, when he
came off the
bench to inspire a remarkable fightback against Sevilla, has regurgitated the question of Barca's dependency on their number 10.
There was once again a reliance on
Messi, as there was in Sevilla at the weekend when the Argentine forward
came off the
bench, half fit, and turned the game around.