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Does Messi not work hard? Former Barcelona star: I have never seen Messi practice free kicks

4:21pm, 10 October 2025【Football】

There is a joke in football that "Cristiano Ronaldo has no talent and Messi doesn't work hard." Recently, former Barcelona star Rafinha mentioned in an interview that he had worked with Messi. He said that Messi can always score free kicks, which is a very magical thing because he has never seen Messi practice free kicks.

Raphinha said that he once planned to practice free kicks one day, but Luis Enrique asked me unexpectedly: "What are you practicing free kicks for? Messi and Neymar will kick them during the game. Will you take free kicks during the game?" Messi is now 38 years old and playing in the MLS. He can still kill everyone. This season, he has played 26 times for Miami, scoring 24 goals and providing 14 assists. This state is still several years away from retirement.

Still able to maintain such a state at the age of 38, Messi is still very restrained in his diet in life. Messi once said that he likes to eat sweets very much, and chocolate is something he likes very much. Sometimes when he gets hungry after watching football in the middle of the night, he goes down to find a piece of chocolate to eat. However, he will try to eat as little as possible. He used to drink sweet yerba mate, but then he got used to drinking yerba mate, which is bitter, and now he drinks only bitter yerba mate. (Akane)