{"id":1236666,"date":"2021-12-06T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1236666"},"modified":"2021-12-06T18:38:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:38:29","slug":"luis-suarez-lionel-messi-stoke-city-cold-rainy-night","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/luis-suarez-lionel-messi-stoke-city-cold-rainy-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Suarez may have just answered the question: Can Lionel Messi do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The eternal question that occupies the minds of most football fans &#8220;can Lionel Messi do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke?&#8221; may just have been answered by the Ballon d&#8217;Or winner&#8217;s former team-mate Luis Suarez.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether a player can or cannot &#8220;do it&#8221; on a chilly evening in <span>Staffordshire has long been a hot topic for\u00a0football fans, and dates back to the 2010\/11 season when Stoke City carried the notorious reputation of a hard-hitting, aggressive unit at the Britannia Stadium under Tony Pulis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Potters under Pulis were a defensively-robust outfit who became synonymous with heavy challenges, long throws and route one football, traits completely at odds with the perception of football in La Liga a decade ago, during a time when Messi was at the height of his powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a Wide Centre-Back? Best players and tactics explained using Football Manager | FM22\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ys_YX5c54KU?start=11&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This led to then <em>Sky Sports<\/em> commentator <span>Andy Gray suggesting &#8220;he would struggle on a cold night at the Britannia Stadium&#8221;, believing the Argentine legend, who netted 53 goals in 2010\/11, would not have been able to replicate that feat in the English game, particularly against the physically-imposing brand of Stoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And Suarez has now claimed that the reason for Messi&#8217;s recent struggles at PSG can be put down to the frosty conditions of winter in France, revealing that his ex-Barcelona team-mate told him that he has a hard time playing in the cold.<\/p>\n<p><span>The Uruguayan told<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tntsports.com.ar\/internacional\/Luis-Suarez-revelo-un-inesperado-detalle-sobre-la-nueva-vida-de-Lionel-Messi-en-Paris-Me-dijo-que-sufre-mucho-jugar-con-frio-y-nieve-20211129-0012.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TNT Sports<\/a><\/em><span>: &#8220;He told me that when he is playing in the cold, he suffers a lot and with the snow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to get used to what the cold weather there is like, sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>So far Messi has scored just one goal in nine Ligue 1 games for PSG, despite playing in a star-studded team that features the likes of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Angel Di Maria and many, many more.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez&#8217;s suggestion that he can&#8217;t cope in the cold may in fact tell us everything we need to know about how Messi would fare on an autumnal Tuesday night in the Potteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eternal question that occupies the minds of most football fans &#8220;can Lionel Messi do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke?&#8221; may just have been answered by the Ballon d&#8217;Or winner&#8217;s former team-mate Luis Suarez. 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