The first time a team found a strategy for stopping Messi | Oh My Goal

Lionel Messi is the leading cause of headaches amongst football coaches. How in the world do you stop such a beast?! One man was the first to crack the code, and it happened all the way back in 2007… in this video, discover how Rafael Benitez came up with a strategy to keep Messi on a leash!
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[@kuletho5067]

United did this with Young and lost 3-0😂

[@bentheplaneguy]

just get chris smalling to whack him

[@ZaidPi]

KULETHO shoulda got phil jones to handle messi🤦‍♂️

[@saadalhajeri2261]

ben 😂💀

[@Omar.2163]

Thank you that made my day better

[@jondovik6250]

Messi can go anyway, only way to stop him is trippel team

[@orange5411]

You Know the drill 1. Van Dijk 2. Messi 3. Ronaldo 4. Neymar. 5. Mbappe 6. Salah 7. Griezmann 8. Aguero 9. Mane. 10. Hazard Who Did u Get 👍👍👍🤞🤞🤞

[@orange5411]

Abdullah Hayat nice bro

[@alb4150]

Mane

[@orange5411]

Albanian mapper sick

[@axwldn2511]

Neymar

[@orange5411]

King Aryan you got the Skillzz bro!!!

[@roodycrles3465]

Coach: **nods to Ramos** Ramos: **nods back**

[@jadoofly]

roody crles underrated comment

[@observer695]

Lmao

[@bivekpradhan6949]

Target locked

[@natureswagz]

Am weak😂😂😂✌

[@moplayz7346]

roody crles the best player in the other team: ah shit here we go again

[@johnrog4775]

Okay! Messi changed his playing style. How about Robben?

[@supremeemperor3312]

The deadliest of one trick ponies

[@isuckdickbecause510]

@@supremeemperor3312 Honestly 👎

[@supremeemperor3312]

@@isuckdickbecause510 👎??

[@isuckdickbecause510]

@@supremeemperor3312 I disagree is what I mean.

[@manff]

Ummmmm robben retired :(

[@athlete582]

Oh My Goal: How do you stop Messi from scoring? Me: Ask any national team manager 😂

[@memsefer]

How do you stop ronaldo from scoring messi fans Messi fans: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm

[@mateo3018]

@@memsefer How do you stop Ronaldo from scoring. Me: Ajax defence.....

[@mateo3018]

@Maximilian Mus Don't forget Ronaldo fans, they produce a lot of salt 😂

[@hardeepkour5361]

@@mateo3018 ronaldo scored 2 goals against ajax in 2 games.

[@mateo3018]

@@hardeepkour5361 And did he go into semi finals?

[@Imstupid-ni3we]

the job he has done at newcaslte, i admire him even more

[@sophiekirkley4398]

Yep gutted he left :(

[@thomasmuller6301]

You shouldn’t, he was awful. We never made any attempt to attack

[@sophiekirkley4398]

@@thomasmuller6301 He wasn't an AWFUL manager, He was great but i agree his tactics were very boring but he still kept us up but im still gutted he left

[@thomasmuller6301]

And yet we’ve been better this season than we were when he was here...

[@sophiekirkley4398]

@@thomasmuller6301 Yeah I know that but we cant fault rafa completely Ashleys fault for not giving him money

[@MrHaMdOoN89]

Exactly, I was thinking like 2007 he wasn't even at his prime. He was still developing, that tactic may work once but not again.

[@superlex611]

But it was a different time

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

His prime started in 2009 This tactic will work now though as he is not in prime

[@antocost]

Inter Milan was the first team to stop Barca and Messi in CL 2010

[@rezko2150]

The video litterally said multiple times that Liverpool done that in 2007

[@ahoif]

Bayern?

[@ismetpeja5166]

antocost inter didnt stop barcelona they robbed barcelona

[@adolphsow607]

@@ismetpeja5166 are you sure 😄about that?

[@Thebeast-el3px]

antocost no Liverpool 2007 and also 2019

[@nathanbennett9660]

Show him an Argentina shirt

[@romezie9482]

Lol

[@abnerporterg]

Nathan Bennett 🤣🤣😂

[@skyflare1233]

Man this should deserve more likes

[@abnerporterg]

Adidas ARMY I agree

[@flavio7180]

Nathan Bennett He is the top scorer of Argentina. Not quite stoppable.

[@velanarul6607]

Barça 1988: The legendary Cruyff Barça 2003: Ronaldinho Barça 2004: The GOAT Messi Barça 2013: Neymar Barça 2019: Bartomeu and Valverde

[@aniqlion2048]

Ansu fati joined the chat.

[@nutelu3462]

Ronaldo is the goat but i know that everyone has their own opinion

[@Cloak-And-Dagger214]

@@nutelu3462 messi the goat but Ronaldo ☻☻

[@ShivSai123456]

#bartameouout

[@prometheustv6558]

Suarez

[@saul6151]

How to stop Lionel Messi? Just pause the video. *F*CKING TANK YOU FOR 200 LIKES* AT LEAST, i stoled this comment

[@uafa140]

Useless comment 😂😂

[@mayurishah5311]

Lol

[@nhdarling2]

Gay

[@idrisaweis5338]

@Hamid Hussein when he took argentina in 2014 world cup into the final is thar shirt he wears belongs to your dad, brainless person

[@hanza6174]

Just because Messi didn’t make a goal that match it was because of Benitez’s strategy? What about all the other times Messi didn’t score?

[@mistakenoddball8376]

Come now. It was a good strategy. He was not that versatile yet and they won, simple as that.

[@biologyisshit7967]

Hanza he absolutely blocked messi from the game lol

[@vaanvanadiel]

Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona UCL 2019 Semi Final 2nd Leg.

[@legallyblind619]

@@vaanvanadiel Messi created plenty of chances that game and even one on ones with the keeper for his teammates. It was no way similar to 2010 or 2007 cl were tactics was actually involved in stopping him.

[@Jv-wy7kl]

@@legallyblind619 Corner taken quickly

[@hafiz2664]

This puts into perspective just how insanely good Messi is when you think about how even though some Managers were able to devise tactics to stop him, many were unsuccessful. Some tried man marking him out of the game with a single man, some tried 2 while others tried with 3. It shows how Messi constantly reinvents his game. Put guys on me? Sure. I’ll leave him running the entire field. Stop me from creating? No problem, i’ll train my free kicks. Who else defies tactics like Messi? Nobody!

[@finnkny]

Then 12 years later Liverpool found another way to stop him... Play Robertson

[@oussamahamouda9251]

TheReal: TheBossBabie70 but he scored two goals

[@torrvi9589]

Oussama Hamouda but in Liverpool even the fans contribute to this. It was amazing like seen a whole stadium play against Barcelona. Messi couldn’t handle that pressure and not saying this as bad but that pressure they suffered was amazing

[@heyo.a1926]

@@torrvi9589 Messi actually did good, team besides vidal sucked hard

[@ronankenny2653]

TheReal: TheBossBabie70 Robertson and Milner

[@iAmPrice]

No but in the 1st leg messi left, milner and anderson on the ground, like they were not there

[@joel5620]

I seriously like the way u present things 😁😁

[@tahahaiboub730]

*Zidane has liked the video.* *Zidane was forced out of the Real Madrid chat.* *Rafa Benitez entered the chat.*

[@J10prods]

That when he was 17 years old imagine now he is 32 and became a better player than before

[@user-qd6im2hp2e]

Soccer_montages Messi was 20/21 in 07

[@J10prods]

Marvin Amankwa-Dei 20

[@user-qd6im2hp2e]

Soccer_Editz where did you get 17 from ?

[@J10prods]

Marvin Amankwa-Dei he started playing at 17

[@mdzidane9620]

Idiot you skipped math class

[@loukmanelmi2733]

Bro, Make a video about how Messi and Ronaldo the way they Respect each other. " I didn't have a dinner with him yet" Ronaldo 😂😍😍

[@user-qd6im2hp2e]

2007 Messi wasn’t at his prime yet. Inter Milan stopped Messi in his prime in the 2010 champions league semi finals. This was when Messi was unstoppable. That was impressive.

[@adityabhambhani207]

Stroke of genius benitez. Litteraly amazing.

[@user-vh4jq2pl6r]

Brilliant videos, man! Keep up the good work! Liverpool for life!

[@muhammadaltleislm1092]

He was on only 19 and coaches were thinking how to stop him.

[@Ericjohnson-kx7ks]

Messi was took a free kick & when he kicked the ball the ball stayed in the air for a long time in one spot! & curved down.

[@sufsaybomb5961]

It's easy as u can see when ever messi dribbles he takes short steps while the defence takes long steps by which it's really easy for messi to dribble through someone

[@thekillersskope]

Rafa Benitez stopped messi ini 2007, Jurgen Klopp STOP THE WHOLE BARCELONA TEAM in 2019.

[@steffanh9368]

We got beat 3-0 to them and Messi scored twice

[@thekillersskope]

@@steffanh9368 let's talked what happen at anfield 😁

[@steffanh9368]

Mythos buster how? I support Liverpool

[@sjpmagar5800]

In 2007 did only Messi play in ground hmm☺️😂😂😂😂

[@aadithya7139]

Yeah Rafa Benitez also beat barca

[@HamanFRD]

Chelsea and Internazionale are the only teams who did stop Messi. It needs a whole team and a defensive system to stop this legend.

[@rushal8581]

No one can stop him Leo is a legend

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

Ronaldo can

[@gabrielarnold8128]

Is stopping him really not having him score.

[@mohammedashiq084]

@@Torrens1996 lol messi had one of the best games against man city back when neymar was still there, he literally dropped players on the ground, created beautiful chances in short his whole game was highly rated but he did not score plus missed one penalty. At pro level coaches want you to be as effective as possible

[@mohammedashiq084]

@@Torrens1996goals matter individually but there much more to football and you can contribute a lot to the team without even having to svore or assist

[@something1746]

Imagine if Argentina start winning when messi retires😅😅

[@adrianmessi808]

imagine everyone forgets Argentina when messi retires 😅😅

[@backpackpepelon3867]

🤣

[@enriquemendoza1439]

@@adrianmessi808 they wont there will be dybala

[@nikhildixit5551]

I don't think anyone will even care about Argentina after Messi

[@jaelmontenegro8207]

@@adrianmessi808 you're delusional kid, Argentina won popularity due to Diego and success winning world cups in the past, not because of that choke artist Messi.

[@MukeshKumar-nm1wv]

Be on his side and you will never have to worry

[@adnankabeer2389]

Absolute genius!

[@reemqasem3628]

Did you forget about Smalling??🤣

[@oIxSLaY3RvIo]

@antocost I agree my man. And would like to add: Have Zanetti in your team The difference when Inter did it Messi was officially the best player in the world, Xavi and Iniesta and Busquets where properly integrated in the team along with Pique and Dani Alves.. whilst in 2007 Messi was still in development and still under 20 years, No Midfield trio No Dani Alves No Eto or Zlatan still old Saviolla they still had old guilly playing.. Inters feat is against a way more impressive team all together as many recognize that Barca 2008/2009-2011/2012 is one of the best team in history.. Nobody talk about Barca before that. Inter performance was also much better and more tactical. We have 4 attacking players in the first leg.. Milito - Sneijder - Eto - Pandev all started while Barca only had 3 attacker and they still say Inter was more defensive and robber which shows how stupid they are.. Inter created much more clear cut chances to score than Barca ever did.. Just because we had the best defence in the world doesn't mean we only defended.. We also had brilliant attack I think they are just babies who watch KZbin highlight and never watch proper football match

[@Bryan_wya]

Respect ✊🏽🙏🏼

[@aakaspokhrel9254]

Before any ballon dor Players and coaches still used to practice that lot for stopping that little boy. World knew the alien in 2007 itself.

[@tanishv2074]

Yes, the goat!

[@manasbhardwaj1181]

Chelsea's done it quite a few times,bar under Conte.

[@yousefghunaim8195]

If you’re talking 2012 fuck no it was only luck

[@therealshadow7418]

@@yousefghunaim8195 and 2008 LOSERlona fan

[@theslowcuber8946]

I wonder what he would've done if Messi was ambidextress

[@asuww1995]

But he isnt

[@honestpenaldo]

TheSlowCuber what the hell is that

[@Agzzt]

@@asuww1995 That's why he says would've ☺

[@eduardoolguin4492]

Big Chungus he can use both legs to shoot

[@monarch1993]

Uh i guess you have to put 2 players on him

[@narendrakiran9730]

Ohhh 😯😯😯😯il it means that before and after that match Messi was unstoppable...he scored so many goals..and win everything...he never lose...WOW 😮

[@bassbooster7844]

Omg so much work to stop one man!!!! #lovemessi

[@rajab4187]

Talk about stopping Him after,2008.. You never know

[@mulawizi9738]

Liverpool 4:0 Barcelona 2018/19 UEFA

[@MenEnhanced]

Chelsea 2012 Chelsea VS Barca:1-0 Barca VS Chelsea: 2-2 And did Messi score nope

[@user-lu7sm2in6l]

Raja vinn ask vvd

[@vaanvanadiel]

Bayern Munich 7-0 Barcelona UCL 2012/13 Semi Final both legs. They even destroy Barcelona's Tiki Taka (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmiyomZ9mLmAipI)

[@Jose-se3he]

Giron Creations I am sorry but Liverpool aren’t gonna win anything for a while dude

[@Ericjohnson-kx7ks]

Messi did the Jorginho penalty against Rayo Vallecano he jumped during the penalty.

[@bigo1665]

Liverpool 2007 v Liverpool 2019 Barca 2007 v barca 2019 Liverpool 4 - 0 Barca Edit:Thanks for 4 likes

[@acentrixes1380]

Your comment confused the shit out of me

[@joe.1049]

He protecc He attacc But most of all The narrator is bacc

[@malachipascall2312]

Down to a stop sing can't stop messi and a red light 🏮

[@Ericjohnson-kx7ks]

Messi nutmegged an AC Milan player multiple times while running.

[@jimbo547]

Dude,I love this commentary voice guy

[@BaldManReformed]

You wonder why Newcastle has such a solid defence

[@outcast_mystic]

Mason Ferrier they don’t have a solid defence

[@user-lu7sm2in6l]

Mason Ferrier huh

[@BaldManReformed]

@@outcast_mystic yes we do if we play 5-2-3, spurs didn't score as soon as we converted back and last season we conceded 3 fewest away goals in the prem,

[@happysad6454]

Ok, I found a very efficient way to stop him🧐 Just pause the video 😁 I think this is the only one way👍

[@WWB508]

Somebody name this guy Albert Einstein

[@kdbkevin1588]

*YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO REALLY STOP MESSI???* *PRAY🙏*

[@somethingelse7249]

Nah just give him an Argentinian shirt or have Valverde

[@bcruzx6557]

@@somethingelse7249 Or give him Drogba

[@freshday8497]

Give him fabinho

[@jonpool9030]

@@somethingelse7249 play him in an international tournament with Argentina

[@dharmendrasinghpanwar6260]

@@bcruzx6557 lol

[@dmonleon24]

That’s how good he is WOW

[@sushi7207]

For some reason this reminded me of *SUPER STRIKERS* I use to watch it when I was young btw

[@anthonydisla709]

Were is he now and Messi is still killing it at 32 the 🐐🐐👑

[@Naijmonty]

Anthony Disla And so is Ronaldo at 34

[@nishant54]

@@Naijmonty Ronaldo is finished while messi has yet again became the best player.

[@Fullmetalballsz]

@@nishant54 Messi is ass y’all say he carrys when he just walking around he should just retire or go back to Argentina he’s finished with Ronaldo

[@nishant54]

@@Fullmetalballsz Yeah he carries by walking fool. He doesn't run like a monkey because it's not sprint, it's football and he chooses his moment. That's why he is the greatest playmaker and goalscorer forever. No one can come close. He showed his capacity in wc and has completed football. No need to work for midfield lacking psg, he just wants to enjoy. So, he will leave psg but not retire.

[@gabrielmarques8943]

To all the coaches out there, here’s how to stop Messi: *hit him with unbelievable taxes*

[@odhran1233]

In Ireland we have a game called galic and a tatic In it is called manmarcking where you literally just don't let your man even close to the ball

[@juanfedericocriado8229]

Rafa Benitez, Ferguson, Mourinho, Di matteo, Heynckes, Simeone twice, Allegri, Di Francesco and Klopp have been able to take Messi out of the game, ONLY IN CLUB in National Teams, Dunga, Joachim Loew, Oscar Tabarez, Jorge Sampaoli, Juan Antonio Pizzi, Didier Deschamps and Tité were also able to erase hs magic he is Barcelona best player, but he is human after all

[@Ericjohnson-kx7ks]

Messi did the Jorginho penalty against Rayo Vallecano he jumped while he kicked the ball.

[@hassana1077]

This channel should be called Messi and Cristian Ronaldo Videos

[@Legend-ps1kd]

And Neymar's Transfer

[@somazwolf5714]

Finally a horizontal video with the actual good voice

[@OrangeDrago]

Genius rafa... Simple science

[@giornogiovanna3793]

"the first time I found a strategy to stop Messi" The strategy is *Tackle him or you'll never get the bal*

[@SemblanceandIntelligence]

Put him in the Argentina National Squad

[@arifbasri4950]

Simple but genius sacrifice

[@liltrizzy7829]

they need a whole strategy to stop one person 🤣🤣

[@rvsoccer5]

At first I was like NEW CASTLES manager?

[@retrac6306]

Wow didn't think they would make videos that take place 50 years from now

[@tomatoking]

It's not 50 years it's 50 years and 2 months soooo.....

[@marcusream2259]

@@tomatoking ok

[@masudiabuhashim4361]

If you watched the match you would have appreciate benitez even more.. they just lost two matches in a row feom arsenal a total of 10-4. ( 6-3 and 4-1) so being put against the reigning champions barca was already counting liver out

[@priyamawasthi3443]

1:14: "Madre Mia!" *I felt that*

[@bigrichmod]

MESSI WON BEST FORWARD IN UEFA..Hope he can win Ballon d'or

[@dominikoskoukouridis9377]

VVD Won Man of the tournament...

[@longshot7132]

They where afraid of a very young messi that shows how good is leo 🔥🔥🐐

[@maistocarreviews2032]

And they do it again...... 1-2 4-0 (Twice: Once in International Champions Cup and Uefa Champions League).

[@ryanharley4263]

Neil Lennon 2012/13 champions league group stage tactical masterclass

[@rssixteen1639]

You can't stop Messi nowadays.You can force him on his right foot and he'll still find a way out

[@bereketgenetu9870]

Ik Mustafi 😂😂😂

[@kristoqatipi9400]

1:02 thats what Claudio Gentile said when he knew he was against Maradona

[@gokulkanna9180]

No gentile fouled and broke maradona's legs.But on contrast arbeloa didn't foul messi aggressively.

[@gabr1el_sava]

Wow proud to be a Liverpool fan when watching this video

[@Isaac-nl3lj]

How to stop Messi:put him in Argentina with out his Barca teammates🤣

[@mohammaderfantolousadeghaz1527]

Zidane stopped him by using Casemiro

[@rooyzone5265]

All people afraid if messi make some magic agains their favourite team. But some of them still 'defused' is messi the best player of all time, and the Goat.

[@michaelthapa4913]

If Messi were at Pele and Maradona 's Era He would make disappear these names and won world cup multiple times The only way to stop Messi is to hit him and get card or grab his jersey till he's in ground Messi did 👽 stuffs Just whole another level LM10 🤙

[@ayushramsahye82]

Now there is Fabinho to messi at liverpool.. If he don't slap him again..

[@teamparadox4091]

Ayush Ramsahye that was Robertson

[@enriquemendoza1439]

That pissed me off

[@enriquemendoza1439]

@@Torrens1996 im pissed on how people still think cr7 is the best in the world

[@hyroVFX]

You can stop Messi by giving him a Argentina shirt

[@namehere903]

comment thief and you can fuck off

[@blessingpamei2054]

Lol

[@tonio4229]

Idea: How does financial FairPlay work and is it really considered by big clubs like PSG and Barca?

[@darshan2995]

Worship him!!

[@aldofhilter8833]

When your just too good the entire board has to search head to toe for a way to stop the GOAT

[@mobarkie2179]

Casemiro did it in all el classicos last year, u would notice if u watched. Messi had no say in these matches!

[@vigneshkannan6636]

Father of football,Rinus Michels ♥️

[@dingo5793]

I seen rafa on the front and I was like Newcastle? What! But then I realised....

[@tareqpg3d872]

0:48 Why U Always Add That Messi Every Time? Like If U Noticed

[@tareqpg3d872]

@Owen Turner #14 i aint shutting up

[@speed-o-wagonfoundation3232]

@@tareqpg3d872 he never told you to shut up though.

[@tareqpg3d872]

@@speed-o-wagonfoundation3232 he did he deleted cause hes a cat

[@speed-o-wagonfoundation3232]

@@tareqpg3d872 oh sorry bro my bad.

[@tareqpg3d872]

@@speed-o-wagonfoundation3232 np

[@friedmiracle9960]

How to stop him?? Just give him an argentinian shirt. Btw it's a joke don't attack me...

[@nathanbennett9660]

Copied comment

[@friedmiracle9960]

@@nathanbennett9660 it may be but i always comment before i read the comments to avoid this kind of situation

[@beukenphom3680]

Now Messi is unstoppable.. If he don't score he assist If he can't assist he creates goal for the team.. If he can't do both he scores.. The only way to stop him is to keep the ball away from him.

[@Ericjohnson-kx7ks]

Messi several nutmegs against AC Milan player while running

[@Vociferous]

How to stop Lionel Messi, simple, hire Van Dijk.

[@minibak7746]

Prepare your self, the responses are going to be ruthless

[@Deng100x]

VociferousTv triggered Messi fans on there way bro

[@bharathgadi137]

Yeah I think You didn't seen that Van Djik aking his teammates help to mark Messi while he cannot do that in the semifinal first leg of 2018/19😂😂

[@Deng100x]

Bharath Gadi ok and how do Barcelona go from a 3-0 win to a 4-0 loss 🤐

[@bharathgadi137]

@Yassin Dihi Hey the comment is Virgil Van Djik can stop Messi and I cleared it mate..

[@calmer6387]

What the hell happened to German national team

[@brozham4408]

Who else saw the title and said r u flipping dumb that is impossible

[@alecs3895]

what is the last part music at the final?

[@footballskills_hd]

*THERE ARE NO WAYS TO STOP MESSI🔥* *HE IS UNSTOPPABLE 💪*

[@pavelmatsalyshenko7281]

Discussing question

[@GREGGFOWL]

4-0

[@tyson547]

@@GREGGFOWL 5-0

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

8-2

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

7-0 8-2 Bayern stops

[@dogcraftmc8968]

How to beat Messi: put Virgil van Dijk and Matthijs de Ligt together in the defence.

[@Qamar-un3iv]

DogcraftMC why would u need them 2 when we have mustafi

[@Lucifer4002]

This is shows messi is greatest of all time

[@Bateman-pe7qk]

Q - How to stop Lionel Messi ? A - Error 404 .

[@abisondagoat1882]

How to stop messi? Show him the world cup trophy.😂😂 No offense btw.

[@minstrelofMir]

show him this last champions league cup .. ynwa