Barcelona superstar and five-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi said he needs to improve his penalty taking.
Regarded as one the greatest players of all-time, Messi's game is almost flawless having won 33 trophies with Barcelona and numerous individual accolades.
However, the silky-skilled attacker would like to improve one aspect of his football – penalties.
Messi, who missed a spot-kick against Iceland at the World Cup in Russia, told Catalunya Radio prior to Saturday's 2-1 LaLiga win over Real Sociedad: "I would like to be more effective from the penalty spot.
"But it's difficult to work on penalties. It's not the same taking them in training as it is in a game. You can have an idea in your head or something you have worked on, but it's more difficult than it seems.
"The goalkeeper has a lot to do with it, too. If they guess right, they save it. But it's obvious that I'd like to get better at taking penalties."
All over in Anoeta!Real Sociedad 1-2 FC Barcelona Aritz Elustondo / Suárez and Dembélé September 15, 2018
On his role in general for Barcelona, the Argentine attacker added: "It's normal that your game evolves. When I made my debut I was 17.
"I played in a different position and in a different way back then. Football has changed since, as has my way of playing and moving around the pitch.
"I like where I play now the most. Teams sit deep and put a lot of people in the middle, so it's easier getting the ball a little deeper and coming inside from further out. Moving to the wing means that a lot of the time, the full-back doesn't know what they're meant to do. In the middle, it's harder to get the ball, because there are fewer spaces and a lot of bodies."
