Lionel Messi is honest and chooses the best midfielder in history…
Throughout his career, Lionel Messi has faced and played with great midfielders. The Argentine star has admired several but he has his favorite, this player shared great moments with Leo and they formed a quite special couple.
Lionel Messi has great admiration for Andrés Iniesta, the Argentine has a specialrelationship with this player, they wrote the most important history of FC Barcelona, with their talent this club was the best in the world and they won six championships inone year.
Messi described Andrés Iniesta as a unique player, a footballer with great talent and who was special to the rest of the FC Barcelona players. The midfielder was capableof making big plays so that Lionel could score goals.
“Andrés (Iniesta) is special, as a player and as a person. He was leaving spaces, places, that seemed impossible. He would say ‘well, he loses her’, and he ended upleaving. He is unique. Every player would like to score the goals he did”, said Lionel Messi in the documentary Héroe Inesperado.
The legacy of Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta
Messi won several championships with Iniesta, they celebrated the year that FCBarcelona won all the possible championships. The fans of this team remember themas the two players with the most titles in the club’s history. Some true legends.
How Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe helps PSG’s chances of advancing past Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain will lean on Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé offensively in their UEFA Champions League second-leg contest against Bayern Munich on Wednesday at Allianz Arena.
With Neymar unavailable for the match, PSG midfielder Marco Verratti spoke about the capital club needing everyone to step up and lead them as the squad finds itself in a 1-0 aggregate hole.
“In matches like this, we need everyone,” Verratti told reporters Tuesday (h/t Canal Supporters). “Mbappé is a player who is always present in the big matches. We need the eleven who start and those who will return. Bayern are used to playing these matches. It is a team that is prepared. We have to be 100 percent in all areas. Having Kylian and Leo, players with a lot of experience is a help.”
Also, if Messi and Mbappé lead PSG past Bayern Munich and into the quarterfinals, they’ll need to continue for however long the French giants remain in the Champions League tournament.
Neymar’s 2022-23 season is over after suffering an ankle injury during the 4-3 victory over Lille OSC on Feb. 19. PSG announced on Monday that the 31-year-old will have a ligament repair operation, which keeps Neymar out of action for three to four months.
Both star players have shown the ability to step up in big games or when their club needs them; for PSG’s sake, many hope it will continue against the Bundesliga side.