Doctor reveals the big secret behind Lionel Messi's free kick technique

Doctor reveals the big secret behind Lionel Messi's free kick technique

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is one of the best free kick takers in the world considering the number of goals the Argentine has scored on the pitch via this exercise. 

So far in Lionel Messi's football career, the six-time Ballon d'Or winner has scored more than 50 free kicks against many clubs in Europe. 

It has even gotten to the stage that clubs have started putting players at the back of their goalkeepers in their efforts to stop Lionel Messi from scoring. 

But all these efforts have been abortive as Lionel Messi would still find his way to score free kicks for Barcelona. 

Even recently, Lionel Messi was voted as the greatest free kick taker of all time in a poll conducted by SportsBible.

Man United legend urges club to sign Super Eagles star and it is not Osimhen And now, Lionel Messi's big secret of how he scores brilliant free kicks has been revealed according to the report on SportsBible. 

Dr Rajpal Brar is the one who has provided an analysis of what Lionel Messi does which is helping him in set pieces. 

"When Messi strikes the ball, he shifts his hip to the right. He really moves his hips to the right as he's striking to open up his left strike leg. 

"And what that does on his plant leg is that it shifts all the weight to the outside of the foot. 

"We call it 'inversion sprain' when it twists inwards - it's that same force. You have all that force on the outside of your ankle and it twists inwards. 

But in Messi's case, he's trained himself and his body to control that motion,''. doctor told the Squawka podcast.

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