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#1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Lionel Messi has always been at his magical best for Barcelona. Due to his short stature, Messi has a lower centre of gravity than taller players, which gives him greater agility and speed allowing him to change direction more quickly.
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Messi is a goal-scorer, playmaker and a dribbler all rolled into one, and he always poses headaches to the opposing defenses.
The departure of Neymar before the start of last season posed serious challenges for Barcelona but they had their talisman to take care of the situation. Last season he probably had his best La Liga season ever where Barcelona were unbeaten till the 37th game week.
Messi finished with 34 goals and 12 assists in 36 league appearances, winning his fifth Pichichi award. He also netted 6 goals in the Champions league where Barcelona were eliminated in dramatic fashion in the quarterfinals against Roma.
Barcelona are again going to be highly dependent on their stalwart for their successes this season.
