How do you stop Lionel Messi? Rio Ferdinand's unorthodox advice!

Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard offer their advice for Chelsea defenders trying to stop Lionel Messi and Barcelona in the Champions League.

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[obdoj]

who understands football well knows why messi is different then all other players

[vbond]

I think Chelsea did well to contain him.. putting 9 players in front of him for almost 90 min is some work..

[darthconquerus]

Don’t ask him, he was the one that got beaten to a header by a player a foot shorter than him in the 2009 final

[ieeiiwieieieiw]

I love Ferdinand, even tho messi was his rival he speaks about him respectful and honest way

[YutubeBelongsToMe]

Rio Ferdinand's informative guide to stopping Lionel Messi!

Step 1

Stop the ball

Step 2

Stop Messi

Thanks Rio.

[topcollection]

Rio Ferdinand : How to stop Messi just let him score and being the champions. And Messi would stop by himself. I did it in 2009 🤣

[youssoufgamiye]

Messi is just a goalscoring machine! what a player a team could wish and what a LEGEND come on Barca !

[shasifsabir]

Leo is best believe me he is best ever

[adrianions]

Rio is a great ambassador for football !!

[shareefshef]

Everyone talking to stop messi. It says something ☺️

[jeetendrad]

Poor Ferdinand..he didn't want to tell Messi was the greatest player because..in 2009/2011 he was destroyed and humiliated by Messi 😂😂😂

[poorguitarist]

Well, messi didn't play well in away side, he managed to get the goal with the help inesta.but in Home he will definitaly be a problem

[jeffhallworth]

Gbh Rio well it's not the worst idea

[fahadkayani]

My plan to stop Messi :
- stop him getting ball at any cost. Mark all the other players on his team like they're Messi.
- if he gets the ball, which is most likely anyway, don't mark him with the defenders. Mark him with forward players. Leave your main defenders free.
Most importantly, mark his potential forward pass options with your main defenders.
- This will leave Messi with only two options : either run himself or pass backwards.
- When he runs himself to score, get your defenders to not run or mark him but form a formidable narrow defensive structure without fear of being penetrated by Messi. Also, the forwards will now shift from marking Messi to his potential pass options in the box.

[Shepetunka]

Asking the wrong person for advice...!

[activedanactivedan]

Pablo maffeo on loan at girona from man city man marked messi and stopped him and hes only 20 he dealt with him nicely

[nayankalim]

This channels new putting Ronaldo & Messi in Title gives more views

[tayotosin]

The best way is to not let him have the ball, it's why Barca struggle against Bayern, efficient, possession team. Well said Sir Rio!

[BluesFanUK_]

In the current Barcelona side, cut off the space and force him to drop deeper searching for the ball. Once that happens, it's difficult even for the GOAT to start dribbling through 11 men. Barcelona play such a narrow minded one paced way that it's difficult for them to break down the opposition, they don't have Modric, Kroos, Isco etc who can break the line and get it into Messi's feet to cause the damage. Sadly the only two players on his wavelength for Barcelona (and Argentina) are Busquets and Iniesta, everyone in the Argentina team just looks a mile off his talent, including Aguero who has been godly in the Premiership over the last four or five seasons.

[chrisregan]

Took a mistake to get his first goal against Chelsea, over 730 minutes without a goal, just do what Chelsea do (usually) get an incredibly good defensive player to study his actions, movements and traits and stick to him like glue..