BarcelonaClose to the World Cup in Qatar, which starts next Sunday and in which Argentina is one of the big favorites to take the cup, Lionel Messi gave an interview to the program this Monday night Valdano Universe, from Movistar +. He spoke about his origins, his life, his time at Barça with Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique and his prospects for the World Cup. We collect some of the most outstanding sentences.
— “I grew up with the ball since I have the use of reason. From the age of 2, says my father […] He came from school and went out into the street. It was football, football and football […] I didn’t realize it was special. I was playing Word spread and they came from other places to see me. But I didn’t understand what it was, that, just winning, scoring goals, having fun.”
— “That Gamper [2005] changed everything The club’s view of me. Ronaldinho, Deco, Silvinho. The home crowd, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol […] It wasn’t easy in a dressing room with so many figures, but they treated me like one more.”
— “[La de Guardiola] it was an extraordinary stage […]. It was awesome to know that we were going to win no matter who it was […]. I regret not enjoying it more. At that moment you are in the day to day, stuck inside a bubble. I would have liked to have enjoyed more the day-to-day, the training sessions, the way Guardiola prepared the matches.”
— “Guardiola did a lot of damage to football, because it seemed so easy and so simple that everyone wanted to copy him. Then I met a lot of Guardiolas, and you realize what we did and what it was. He has something special , especially to watch the matches, prepare them and communicate them”
— “I was coming back from Argentina after the holidays and we were playing on January 2 or 3, I don’t remember well, and I ended up going to the bench and [amb Luis Enrique] we had an argument that lasted us a while […]. But then we had a spectacular relationship until the last day, when he decided to leave and we told him to stay, not to leave, that we were fine.”
— “In 2006 they started criticizing me. At one point the match was stopped and I took off my boots […]. While I always felt the affection of the people, there is a large part of the people of Argentina who always questioned me.”
— “[El Mundial de Qatar] it takes me at a time when I have learned to experience things in a different way. I enjoy them in a different way. I enjoy everything more. A very nice group has formed in the national team.”
— “The time we were together in the national team [amb Maradona] it was spectacular We arrived at the World Cup suffering. This whole time was very beautiful even if it ended the way it did.”
— “Any selection is complicated […]. For its players, for its coach, France is fearsome. Brazil has a lot of quality players. unbalancing It has Ney… […] We have very good players. We arrived at a good time.”
— “[L’espanyola] it’s a very young team, but they know what they’re playing, they make you run, they take the ball from you, they play the same every game. He is young but with very clear ideas.”
