Guardiola: “Messi means everything in my career, I owe him a bottle of wine”

Guardiola: “Messi means everything in my career, I owe him a bottle of wine”

About that historical Barcelona which he directed, he recalled it as follows: “There were many stars at the right time, at the right age, everyone’s perfect. We got together and it had to happen. It was number 10, the perfect age of Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, slightly older veterans perfect, young people, people who He came to add and add. A chemistry was generated between all of them that happens only once in a lifetime”.

In that line, Guardiola compared it with chicago bulls from the ’90s: “We won a lot, and without him we would have won, but how much? Impossible. I felt like Phil Jackson when he had Michael Jordan.”

For closing his praise towards Messithe DT recognized that: “I always say that he has made us all good. I have to give him a bottle of wine because he has made me have good contracts, ha. I owe him a good bottle of wine to thank him”.

Then the coach Manchester City gave his opinion about the coaching staff of the Argentine national team headed by Lionel Scalloni who was criticized for lack of experience: “It’s all a big football lie, it’s a lie that experience is useful: the one that served you yesterday is not useful to you today. The illusion of young people like (Lionel) Scaloni, (Pablo) Aimar and the people they have gave the group what they needed. Enough, it worked. Why? It’s a mystery.”

In that sense, he said that “I always give the same example: a Champions League final, Milan went 3-0 at half-time against Liverpool. Milan had the most experienced team you’ve probably ever seen, with Cafu, (Paolo) Maldini, Dida, ( Alessandro) Nesta, (Gennaro) Gattuso, (Andrea) Pirlo, (Hernán) Crespo, (Filippo) Inzaghi… 3-0 at halftime and, in 20 minutes, 3-3 and they lost.”

Besides Guardiola considered that obtaining the America Cup He gave the team the necessary confidence: “The fact of winning it against any group gives you a feeling of ‘we did it’ and I’m sure that will help in the World Cup. I have seen little of Scaloni’s team, but they have not lost for a long time and that feeling that you are winning and you don’t lose, it gives you strength and unbeatability”.

“The fact of having Messi there, knowing that he has that unique ability to always generate two or three personal actions out of nowhere, be it goals or generating play with his forward teammates like (Ángel) Di María, Lautaro (Martínez) or Julián Álvarez… That feeling of strength is very great”culminated.

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