Lionel Messi is tough to train as a player as he is already "an artist", according to Spain coach Luis Enrique, who acknowledged that the player's manager's do not need to tutor the Barcelona star on his individual gameplay.
"How do we train Leo Messi?" he stated during a Q&A session organised by the Spain national team.
"There is a little bit of everything. I cannot tell him how to dribble or how to pass or shoot because he is an artist at those things and it’s clear that we don’t have to advise him on these topics.
"But things relating to the systems we use, situations or things as a more general level that benefit us, for sure we tell him.
"How to create pressure in a certain way, where do we want the ball, what spaces on the pitch should he be taking up to try to receive the ball... we tried to influence him regarding all those things."