5 Goalkeepers Who Ever Make Messi Frustrated

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Barcelona star Lionel Messi is one of the best players in a decade recently. With a reputation as a reliable goalscorer, Messi has clearly conquered many goalkeepers.

Even so, not all goalkeepers can be conquered easily by Messi. Not infrequently, La Pulga has always been in trouble scoring when dealing with them.

Here are five goalkeepers who ever make Messi frustrated to score a goal as reported by Sportskeeda.

#1. Claudio Bravo

Claudio Bravo has been outstanding for several years. He earned great achievements with Chile and is one of the goalkeepers who ever played with Messi and also became an opponent.

Bravo ever stopped Messi on several occasions. La Pulga even took a while before conquering the goalkeeper. Bravo grabbed two clean sheets against Messi in a match between Chile against Argentina in 2007 and 2008.

Messi finally managed to break down the Bravo goal when scored two goals in a 5-0 win against Real Sociedad in 2010. In addition, Messi has also scored a hattrick against Bravo when Barcelona meet Manchester City in the Champions League last season.

Nevertheless, Bravo once silenced the winner of five Ballon d'Or several times included in the 2016 Copa America final.

#2. Edwin Van Der Sar

Edwin Van Der Sar was well known in the Premier League especially when defending Manchester United. He has dealt with Lionel Messi several times and made the Argentine player helpless.

When meeting in the Champions League 2008, Van der Sar performed brilliantly to hold Barcelona goalless at Camp Nou. At the second meeting, the Dutch legendary goalkeeper re-hold Messi and get rid of Barcelona after a 1-0 win.

However, Messi eventually managed to avenge him and scored against Van der Sar's goal when the two met again in the Champions League final in 2009.

#3. Manuel Neuer

Another goalkeeper who was also able to complicate Lionel Messi was Manuel Neuer. Bayern Munich goalkeeper was able to prevent Messi scored when they get rid of Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals 2013.

They both met again in the 2014 World Cup final and the German player managed to keep a clean sheet before finally broke out in the 2015 Champions League semi-final.

In the first leg, Messi was able to conquer Neuer through a shot from outside the penalty box and La Pulga's goal in the match was selected as the best goal in the Champions League that season.

#4. Gianluigi Buffon

The latest goalkeeper who successfully been conquered by Lionel Messi after so long was Gianluigi Buffon. The Italian goalkeeper was one of the few goalkeepers who managed to thwart Messi on three different occasions.

In the Champions League final in 2015, Buffon made Messi helpless despite his team had to give up from Barcelona with a score of 3-1. He also successfully silenced Messi in two legs in the Champions League quarter-final match last season.

Even so, Messi finally managed to conquer Buffon in the Champions League last month after scoring two goals for Barcelona's victory.

#5. Petr Cech

Nothing can stop Messi most often other than Peter Cech. Czech Republic goalkeeper was in impressive performances when thwarting Messi on several occasions.

Cech managed to prevent the Barcelona player from scoring in seven games. He met with Messi when defending Chelsea from 2006 to 2012 and make La Pulga helpless.

They both met again in 2016 after Cech joined Arsenal. However, this time Messi can conquer Cech by scoring two goals in Champions League group stage match

Revealing The Election of Bundesliga Team Captain

When Philipp Lahm retired, Bayern München not only lost a player. They were left captain who was very influential in bringing the team to various peak achievements. The public then speculated on who the replacement of the captain is. Substitutes are worth or at least close to a Lahm charisma.

A number of names sticking out but the choice of conical on two players, Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer. The first, a regional son who became a representation of Bavarian pride.

While the second, a player who has a natural talent as a leader. His calm under the crossbar (and outside the penalty box) is one indication that leadership talent flows in his blood.

Carlo Ancelotti ultimately prefers leaders based on his leadership qualities rather than simply using regional reasons.

Nonetheless, Ancelotti is not completely separated from the bias of nationalism in the election of the captain. He still chose the Germans to lead Bayern Munich although on his team there are two people who have been captains in their respective national teams, Robert Lewandowski and Arturo Vidal.

But Ancelotti is not alone. In total, there are 14 Bundesliga clubs that make the Germans as captain.

Actually, this makes sense. However, the original players of Germany certainly have advantages, at least in language mastery that is important to communicate with various parties.

In addition, they also have a better understanding of local football culture. These things will certainly affect the effectiveness of the leadership of the captains.

However, a small number of clubs take another approach. They choose foreign players to become leaders.

Werder Bremen handed over armband to Zlatko Junuzovic (Austria), Hoffenheim appointed Eugen Polanski (Polish), Hertha Berlin's capital team chose Vedad Ibisevic (Bosnia Herzegovina) and the most "brave" was Hamburg with non-European player Gotoku Sakai ( Japan) as der Kapitan. Sakai has been captain since November 2016 and this season the trust is still given to him.

Another interesting thing in captaining is who picks them. Generally, the decision comes from a coach or club management.

But in the Bundesliga, there are two clubs that use deliberations to reach consensus. Young coach Hoffenheim, Julian Nagelsmann entrusts the players to choose their own captain. Elected an incumbent captain, Eugen Polanski with new vice captain Kevin Vogt.

A similar pattern occurred in Freiburg. The majority of players agreed to appoint Julian Schuster as their leader. For Schuster, this became the sixth year in a row he became the team captain.

Now we turn to the position of the captains in the field. The majority are midfielders such as Edgar Prib (Hannover), Christian Gentner (Stuttgart), Daniel Beier (Augsburg), Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Matthias Lehmann (Cologne) until the 2017 Confederations Cup winner Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).

In addition to Neuer, Ralf Fährmann is the captain with a position as a goalkeeper. He replaced Benedikt Höwedes who had been captain of Schalke for six seasons.

Royal Blues seems to want to regenerate leadership at the club. Luckily, Höwedes responded to this with a big heart.

Through his Facebook page, Höwedes congratulates Ralf and says he remains committed to providing the best for the club. He also gives an indication that the interests of the club are higher than personal interest. Salut!

Meanwhile, names like Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Niko Bungert (Mainz) represent leaders from the back line.

Perhaps these clubs are inspired by the concept of 'push from behind'. They want the captains to give moral encouragement and spirit from behind. Orban himself is the youngest captain for this season. According to Hasenhüttl, Orban is an example and is respected by other players.

While the position of the striker represented only three people, Vedad Ibisevic, Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt), and German national team player, Mario Gomez (Wolfsburg). Gomez replaces Diego Benaglio who captained Wolfsburg for five years. The Swiss goalkeeper leaves for Monaco this summer.

Undeniably, the captains will play a crucial role for the club throughout the season. If they can show good leadership, surely other players will listen to them saying, "Aye, aye, captain!"