Sentences with phrase «messi picks up the ball»

I think when Messi picks up the ball in the final third and starts jinking toward the goal every opposing supporter in the stadium and fan watching TV around world takes a deep breath, try to look away (but you can't), offer quick prayers to the gods and have «oh f**k, oh f**k, oh f *** k banging round their brains uncontrollably.

Messi picks up the ball and dances around two or three challenges, but his touch lets him down at the crucial moment and the ball runs through to Kepa.

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Suarez is no good unless he's deployed a box player, even Messi moved aside because Messi can pick the ball up from anywhere and be a danger.