^the only rough patch in his career and that comes back to haunt him back....
even ronaldo could not find the touch ,he had to be content with 1 goal ,but in liga bbva he is on second spot after messi ...
with the lacklustre midfield of argentina , i believe the role of messi was limited to creating chance rather than scoring on them ,team obviously does come first .
but the goals of higuain n tevez were created by messi mostly ...
and yes ,the presence of midfielders like xavi and inesta does give u chance to open up and strike at the heart of the other team ,,the thing missing in argentina national team in worldcup but finally the thing comes to scoring even when u get the chance whether u can ,n messi does it best i believe ....