Lionel Messi is one of the best footballers of all time. Some even consider him the best footballer in history. The Argentine great also learns football techniques from his teammates! In particular, Messi took advice from Neymar Jr. to improve his spot kicks.
Neymar and Messi have played together in club football for several clubs. The Brazilian star said that he took Neymar’s advice on how to improve his penalty skills when he was last playing for PSG.
Messi and Neymar first played together at Barcelona. At that time, the Brazilian star was quite skilled at taking penalties. Messi was a bit behind in comparison. However, in the last few years, the Argentine World Cup-winning captain has made unprecedented improvements in spot kicks.
Neymar said, “I helped Messi take good penalties. One day we were in training, he asked me, ‘How do you take such good penalties?’ I said to myself, ‘Are you crazy? You’re Messi, so if I can do it, you can too.'”
“I taught him that later and he practiced. He scored many goals using this technique at the (Qatar) World Cup. Only once did he fail to look at the goalkeeper when he took the shot, and that’s when he missed,” he added.
Neymar also received an offer from Real Madrid when he joined Barca. In this context, he said, ‘Real Madrid’s offer was a blank check, they told me I could take whatever I wanted… but I only wanted Barca with my heart.’