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Gif: Sevilla player shows how to stop Lionel Messi with incredible sliding tackle
Published 12:34 12 Apr 2015 BST
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So that's how you stop Lionel Messi
We were beginning to think it wasn't possible, but Grzegorz Krychowiak reaffirmed that the Barcelona forward is, in fact, human with this unbelievable sliding tackle. Sevilla were caught on the break, Messi picked up the ball on the half-way line and had Luis Suarez to his right, and Neymar to his left. Ninety-nine times out of 100, this scenario ends in a goal, this was the other time. The Polish midfielder raced back, somehow catching up with his opponent, who had about 10 yards head start, and takes the ball back with a inch-perfect tackle, keeps the ball and starts an attack. Take a bow Krychowiak. Sevilla also completed an unlikely comeback, having trailed 2-0, scoring late to salvage a 2-2 draw.
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