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Messi has scored this goal with that exact shot from that same spot so many times and it’s just as good every time
Seriously, how is every keeper still late to make the save, did he ever shoot it into the other corner from that position?
Do you know how wide a football goal is? :D
With that speed and precision he would have to move beforehand, which would leave the other side completely open and would look beyond stupid since Messi of course can shoot to the other side too (which he often did).
Its not that Messi and Robben and others always do the same move and every opposition is dumb for not defending. Its the precision and speed that makes it undefendable.
Based on my amateur goalkeeping experience, diving close to the ground is harder than in the air. That’s why Messi’s shots like this—especially when they are on target—are very difficult to save.