With Lionel Messi still marking to have fun in Inter Miami and Cristiano Ronaldo signing a new bumper contract in Al Nassr, the endless debate on the player is even closer to an answer.
Messi’s Inter Miami is in the mixture to keep the shield of their supporter given to the MLS side with the best regular season record, and they face the New York Red Bulls this weekend. Messi has won 16 goals and eight assists at 17 matches so far this season, when he has also shone at the Club World Cup recently.
His motivation shows no sign of slowdown, which brings back memories of a story of a Barcelona training session in 2009, while the former teammate remembered an incident involving an angry Messi ” and his coach Pep Guardiola.
Henry played alongside Messi for three years after signing Arsenal and remembers his astonishment against Messi’s attitude in formation – including once the Argentinian got angry with Pep Guardiola.
In the quotes relayed by the autobiography of Rio Ferdinand, Henry told the former defender of Manchester United of an era when Messi was the victim of a fault, but Guardiola did not awarded a free kick.
“So when the ball returned to his goalkeeper, he (Messi) ran back and demanded the ball,” said Henry. “The goalkeeper launched him the ball, and Messi then crossed the whole team and scoring anger.”
Ferdinand added: “Thierry said that it was what he was doing in the playground at school. I did things like that also against small children. But he (Messi) did it against some of the best in the world: Yaya Toure, Puyol, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets. And it was not only this time. He did it a few times.”
“Thierry said,” Can Ronaldo do this? “I said:” Well, I have never seen him do that. “Thierry played with Zidane and Ronaldinho but they have never done anything like it.
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