Messi: See you at the World Cup!

"Here, we need to correct a misconception held by many non-fan friends: the idea that technique is everything!"

"Football technique is certainly very important, but without a good physique and strong Physical Confrontation ability, it is very difficult to bring that technique into play in an intense match.

Take the national football players' much-criticized habit of stopping the ball several meters away as an example. Such errors in controlling the ball are almost impossible when there is no physical pressure. Although the national team players' technique cannot compare with the world's elite players, their fundamentals are not poor.

What they lack is the ability to execute their technique without any drop-off under high-intensity Physical Confrontation.

Almost every player's performance in an actual match is affected to some extent. Even players on Messi and Lin Feng's level are no exception.

But the more elite the player, the stronger his Physical Confrontation ability tends to be. That reduces this negative impact and allows him to stand out in a match."

Perhaps seeing that the fans were dissatisfied with this style of play, the commentators seized the opportunity to explain the importance of Physical Confrontation in football to the viewers.

It was not as though Barcelona and Real Madrid lacked the ability to produce dazzling attacking combinations. Such combinations had often appeared in their previous matches.

But why could no such scenes be seen in this match?

Because both teams were top-class powerhouses, and their players were among the finest on the planet.

They engaged in relentless physical battles on the pitch, greatly raising the intensity of the match and making many combinations that could normally be played impossible to execute at this level of intensity.

Take Xavi as an example. As one of the finest playmaking midfielders on the planet, he had