Barcelona club Lionel Messi revealed the secret of his success in paying free kicks and turning them into goals, and how his former Cameroon teammate Samuel Eto'o affected his professional career at its beginning.
Messi said in statements reported by the Spanish newspaper "AS" today, Thursday, "I study more goalkeeping methods lately first of all, when I do free kicks, I watch the goalkeeper movement if he takes a step in either direction, it is about learning and training, and I am always working to improve My free kicks with training. "
The Argentine international added, "I always remember the day when Ito told me that when I started scoring goals, I wouldn't stop achieving them. Indeed, it happened in a day and everything started going forward because I had a lot of opportunities before that, but I was not taking advantage of them in the registry ".
Messi scored 52 free kicks during his professional career, 46 of which were in the Barcelona club jersey, while he scored six goals from direct free kicks with the Argentine national team.