Lionel Messi, the star of Paris Saint -Germain, confirmed that he was dazzled when he joined Barcelona for the first time, stressing that Pep Guardiola’s period as a coach of the team was exceptional and the team guaranteed victory before playing matches.
Messi said during comments published by the Spanish newspaper “AS”: “coming to Barcelona was an exceptional change even at the level of football.
In Argentina when we were training, the focus was little on the ball, the biggest focus on running, in Barcelona the full focus on working with the ball. ”
He added: “When I joined Barcelona, it was great for me. Give me clothes, shoes and everything, even in training gave me a ball on my own. I had never seen something like this. I was dazzled.
”
He continued: “I once remembered my father told me that there is no problem if I wanted to return to Argentina, but I refused, I wanted to succeed in Barcelona. ”
He continued: “The time of Guardiola was exceptional, we learned a lot and made us grow as a team, it was a generation of distinguished players, we were going to anywhere and we knew that we would win because of the way we play, we received painful defeats but we were trusting in the coach.
I regret that I did not enjoy that period It should”.
Messi left Barcelona last summer, after the grinding financial crisis that struck the Catalan club, to move to Paris Saint -Germain with a two -year contract..
About Author
