Lionel Messi
April 2026

Kylian Mbappe said Lionel Messi’s finishing in PSG training was so precise that it shocked even elite forwards like himself and Neymar. He recalled a session where Messi scored nine times out of ten with the exact same type of finish, leaving both of them stunned. Mbappe explained that he and Neymar were usually among the strongest finishers in training, but Messi’s execution was on another level. He described the goals as simple passes into the net, repeated with metronomic accuracy rather than force, which made the display feel even more absurd.