zlatan ibrahimovic, on lionel messi's impact following argentina's win over austria:
"i'm obsessed with watching messi. and it's not because he's my friend. it's not nostalgia either. it's because after all these years i'm still trying to understand how a footballer can control a match without touching the ball every single minute.
i watched argentina today, and the first thing that caught my attention wasn't the score. it was austria's reaction whenever messi moved. on a single step he took to the left, the defenders follow him. when he drops back a little toward midfield, the team's entire formation changes. a single glance he throws over his shoulder... and the panic begins.
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