This is so tragic to me, I remember say to myself that he wasn’t injury prone at all before 2018 since he always seemed to bounce back after being clattered all the time, dude was alway in the top 10 most fouled any given year :( His foot never was the same after the first injury
This is so tragic to me, I remember say to myself that he wasn’t injury prone at all before 2018 since he always seemed to bounce back after being clattered all the time, dude was alway in the top 10 most fouled any given year :( His foot never was the same after the first injury
This is so tragic to me, I remember say to myself that he wasn’t injury prone at all before 2018 since he always seemed to bounce back after being clattered all the time, dude was alway in the top 10 most fouled any given year :( His foot never was the same after the first injury
I guess at some point his lifestyle and diet have had consequences on his longevity.
People overestimate the impact of diet and lifestyle and underestimate genetics & just plain luck when it comes to injuries. Some people just have extremely resilient bodies and some people people bodies just can’t take the stress.
As a software engineer, I’ve seen people who take frequent breaks, maintain good posture, do yoga etc struggle with RSI and others can sit on a chair for 12 hours with almost no breaks and be completely fine.
He got older and he became more of a target.
He was literally kicked 3 times in a row in that january 2019 injury mentioned in the picture, Ligue 1 is a butchers league.
Insone think he’s injury prone, he just get hit a lot more then then other players. He’s hunted in the field.
Messi gets hit as often or even more and never picked up the same injuries.
He’s smaller so people don’t hit as hard. People should have seen Ronaldo in EPL pre Madrid. He was getting hacked so hard.
Messi is blessed in terms of genetics, very professional, and also walks less than the keeper in a lot of matches he participates. His playstyle with nearly 0 defensive duties certainly helped his longevity
Has nothing to do with the fact that he gets brutally tackled constantly.
I literally mentioned 3 factors that help him get injured less even when brutally tackled. Good genetics, professional, and less cumulative fatigue.
His playstyle with nearly 0 defensive duties certainly helped his longevity
He isn’t Haaland, Mbappe or a random 9, he actually plays in the middle of the pitch and falls back consistently. I think the main reason he stayed healthy apart from being professional is because he could just dribble and move faster and more efficiently than anyone else so he just avoided being physically dominated by other players going after his legs.
He walks more than all of those. Messi has been noted to simply stand still or walk since at least 2014, after he got a few pretty bad injuries in a roll (culminating with Barcelona getting destroyed by Bayern Munchen in the UCL with him in the bench). It’s when he went from Gazelle 2012 Messi that sprinted all over the place to his current “energy-saving” form. This hit adds up, the man has run and has been fatigued significantly less than other players of similar age.
That always seemed to be a mystery to me that messi is always so healthy. I would love an expert to chime in as to what the difference is.
body fortified by years of hgh
Because his body wasn’t producing enough of it like regular people.
Educate yourself.
Extremely strong Core strength. Ronaldo has it and Messi has it.
In basketball. LeBron james and Steph curry have it too.
And Neymar is Brazilian. The refs have different tanks in fouls when the player is Brazilian.
Extremely strong Core strength. Ronaldo has it and Messi has it.
Way more than that, lmao. All professional players have insanely strong cores, this is not special and will not be the difference maker to the degree we are seeing in terms of longevity.
In basketball. LeBron james and Steph curry have it too.
Irrelevant, take your sports that nobody cares about outta here.
The bugger reason is his lack of focus on fitness and partying style, there is no reason he would get more hit than most.
Dude trashed his body and parties too hard.
Absolutely no pity
Normally I don’t say stuff like this, but who wants pity from an American soccer fan bro
Neymar strikes me as the type of person who will completely snap once his football career is over and he has to retire
Neymar mentally retired years ago
he’s literally a massive gamer and loves CS:Go, playing poker etc. he has a well balanced love for football as he has tons of other interests outside of the game
October and February
Halloween and Carnavale
I think there’s some sister birthday thing which was prevalent back in the day
11th of March, so February checks out
What is frustrating is, I, ME, I never knew when Neymar really got injured, because there was so much diving and all the bullshit. Really sad to see him out with an ACL, speedy recovery.
Rest the poor guy in October damn
Which makes me respect the general fitness of Ronaldo and Messi even more. Flamboyant dribblers do not have long selves life in this age.
Which makes me respect the general fitness of Ronaldo and Messi even more.
They have great general fitness, but I don’t think there’s a thematic crossover here
ronaldo hasn’t completed a dribble in a decade
(still very impressive fitness of course, no argument there)
ronaldo hasn’t completed a dribble in a decade
This took me out. Just because it was one of the last things I was expecting to read 😄
It’s odd this dribbling ability just fell off a cliff
Messi is even crazier, since he‘s just dribbling a lot.
Wow he’s like the Jacob Degrom of soccer
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Brazilian flair players washed up by 31.
This is football heritage
Except Thiago Silva, that dude is still a beast at his age
Sad reality. Every one of the latest brazilian offensive superstars, actually. Neymar, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Adriano, Ronaldo, Rivaldo… All of them for different reasons, but all of them fell of a cliff at 31 or earlier
Coutinho and Douglas Costa too. Could probably name a few more if i think hard
he said superstars though
Ronaldo
Came back from two back to back potentially career-ending injuries to win the World Cup
Oh wow really I’ve never heard of that before!! Now seriously, ronaldo was 26-27 when he won the world cup. OP said 31. Ronaldo was fat and a shadow of himself at 31
Not Pepe tho.
How do Argentinian players fare? Geographically so close but are the football styles ever so slightly different that the Argentina players age more gracefully? Obviously the current squad is pretty young. But go a few years back.
I mean I don’t even have to discuss La Pulga but look at Di Maria, Dybala, Perez, Masche, Otamendi, etc
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person
He’s a like fascist or something right? Bolsanaro? Ah Bolsonaro.
Neymar himself isn’t fascist. He just supported Bolsonaro because he got rid of his tax problems. The best word would be corrupt.
I understand why PSG got rid of him.
Watch them play and without him.
It’ll change your mind.
New manager,new players,news philosophy. They need time.
He hasn’t looked like he’s really been in proper shape in awhile. I could see this coming.
He’s not in a proper shape since his Barca days.
Not quite Martial
