

Usually when facing with tackles, he could evade the past by flicking the ball, but still keep the ball under his feet, which makes his dribbling more ornamental. He has strong ability to skip sliding tackles. Lionel Messi's sublime dribbling skills are not confined to this.

Thus he can keep his body low but stable when dribbling. But precisely his 5'7" frame gives him a marvelous body balance. Amazing Skills Invented by Lionel Messi Football's ScientistĪs is known to us all, Messi's height is 1.7 meters, only 2 centimeters taller than his idol, Diego Maradona, which is a tiny frame in today's football.
