The 10 Times Lionel Messi Utterly Embarrassed A Great Player 11
1. Marcelo. That is all.
Marcelo is one of the top two left-backs in the world. He and David Alaba are fighting it out for the crown right now, even though Alaba has been deployed everywhere this side of striker by Pep Guardiola for Bayern Munich. The thing is, Marcelo has a major handicap: he plays against Lionel Messi, who primarily attacks the left side of defenses.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona and Brazil vs Argentina are two of the biggest rivalries in the world, and it is up to Marcelo to guard the best player in the world a majority of the time those teams meet. It hasn’t gone well:
Marcelo has gotten the worst of what Messi has to offer, and he has gotten it more often than any other player in the world. He doesn’t just deserve the #1 spot, he has built a house on it. A house filled with frustration, suffering, and memories involving Messi in various stages of beating him.
Decades from now, he will be on a stroll in the park when those memories come back to him. It won’t be a pretty sight.
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