Vid: 'Messi Doesn't Dive'

Brilliant compilation made by none other than Allas himself, we should get this guy to join the forums

i was about to post it great video!

Nick this thread is about messi staying on his feet, stay on topic please
the thread is titled messi doesn't dive because it's the name of the video

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

That's not a dive it only look like a dive because of the angle of the video. Here's the same "dive" from another angle.

0:16


Notice how the defenders leg suddenly twist(don't know if its the word for it) his leg?

How does contact with Messi's left leg make his right leg lift off the ground and make Messi fly forward?

let's not derail the thread please, there's a thread on messi's dive or whatever it was in the general section already

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:How does contact with Messi's left leg make his right leg lift off the ground and make Messi fly forward?

lolzzz dive means that there is close to no contact and you admited that there was contact hence its not a dive. Now messi helped but by no means is it a dive and it was still a foul...

Lionel Messi, please change your sig, my whole page freezes when I go onto a thread which you post on

BarcaKizz wrote:Lionel Messi, please change your sig, my whole page freezes when I go onto a thread which you post on

alright, sorry, it's the gif isnt it?

harhar11 wrote:

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:How does contact with Messi's left leg make his right leg lift off the ground and make Messi fly forward?

lolzzz dive means that there is close to no contact and you admited that there was contact hence its not a dive. Now messi helped but by no means is it a dive and it was still a foul...

But there was "close to no contact" and Messi went down

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:

harhar11 wrote:

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:How does contact with Messi's left leg make his right leg lift off the ground and make Messi fly forward?

lolzzz dive means that there is close to no contact and you admited that there was contact hence its not a dive. Now messi helped but by no means is it a dive and it was still a foul...

But there was "close to no contact" and Messi went down

If there was close to no contact then how come the defenders body moved because of the contact?

harhar11 wrote:

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:

harhar11 wrote:

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:How does contact with Messi's left leg make his right leg lift off the ground and make Messi fly forward?

lolzzz dive means that there is close to no contact and you admited that there was contact hence its not a dive. Now messi helped but by no means is it a dive and it was still a foul...

But there was "close to no contact" and Messi went down

If there was close to no contact then how come the defenders body moved because of the contact?

But the defender isn't the one who dived though. He stuck a leg out, lightly caught Messi (not enough to put him on the floor) yet he went down
I know this is a 'Messi never dives' thread but this here is plain and simple simulation from Messi

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:

harhar11 wrote:

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:

harhar11 wrote:

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:How does contact with Messi's left leg make his right leg lift off the ground and make Messi fly forward?

lolzzz dive means that there is close to no contact and you admited that there was contact hence its not a dive. Now messi helped but by no means is it a dive and it was still a foul...

But there was "close to no contact" and Messi went down

If there was close to no contact then how come the defenders body moved because of the contact?

But the defender isn't the one who dived though. He stuck a leg out, lightly caught Messi (not enough to put him on the floor) yet he went down
I know this is a 'Messi never dives' thread but this here is plain and simple simulation from Messi

.... There is a clear contact! The defender HAD to adjust his body to not LOSE BALANCE because of the contact!!! How is it simulation when even the defender was close to losing his balance because of the foul?

You know Biasedmilanfan, there is ground between a "blatant dive" and a "penalty kick". People can fall and not be a penalty. In that action, Messi tries to drible, the defender touches him slighlty, and he falls, probably not trying to get to the ball as he sees he can't reach the ball. No dive, not a penalty either.

But anyway, if it makes you happy, we can change the thread to "Messi almost never dives". He has dived a couple of times in his whole career, while being the player that dribles the most and is more tackled in the world. Impressive still.

I just named the thread after the video, don't see why it needs changing

Lionel Messi wrote:I just named the thread after the video, don't see why it needs changing

It doesn't. I was being sarchastic.

free_cat wrote:

Lionel Messi wrote:I just named the thread after the video, don't see why it needs changing

It doesn't. I was being sarchastic.

oh ok

0:23 is absolutely incredible.