The confessions of Felipe Melo during this 2020

Between the players with more character of the last years always goes to be Felipe Melo, mediocampista Brazilian of 37 years whose present finds in the Palmeiras of the Series To of his natal country. The same is remembered always by his rudeza inside the field and by his fault of filters out of the same, since it is a person that does not fear to speak of the most direct form possible.

During the year 2020, the exjugador of teams like the Juventus of Turín or the Galatasaray of Turkey has given some statements more than interesting, on some anecdotes of his career. One of them was concerning Lionel Messi, to the one who Melo confronted in diverse opportunities, when both dressed the T-shirts of his national selections and on the one who commented the following to the newspaper Olé: "Messi is special, because if I hit him a patada raises and comes to byanother . It does not have fear. It is between the three better of the history for me, is of crazy. It does a wall, when it comes hit him with the elbow without wanting to and begins him to sangrar the nose. It raises and it comes to speak with me. I said him: "I want You, I want you a lot".

Incidentally, the mediocampista of 37 years did quotation, in his moment, of the curious tactics with which the footballers of the selection of Brazil looked for to detain to Messi in the crashes in front of Argentina: "it Is an only player. When we with the Brazilian selection played against him said 'have to hit him patadas once each one, have to go rotando'. If no, it is difficult, to a player like this there is not way to mark it. And I do not say to hit him patadas to break it, but a tactical fault, cut him the rhythm, bother it", stood out Melo.

Between other curious anecdotes, Felipe Melo explained to the daily AS, in the month of June, how lost the opportunity to go to the Real Madrid, thanks to the pisotón that gave him to Arjen Robben during the World-wide of South Africa 2010. "Already we had all agreed in this moment, had all agreed. But, well, it happened and already it is. I remained me in the Juve and afterwards went me to the Galatasaray. And it look what beautiful! There I turned me into the best Brazilian of the Turkish football winning trophies: eight in four years. This is incredible. If it had played in the Real Madrid could have made history? Yes, but perhaps it would not have the idolatría that have today in the Galatasaray, a club that is in my heart for ever".

Felipe Melo could play with Spain

One of the most curious histories explained by Felipe Melo during this year was the one of how almost finishes representing to the Spanish selection for the World-wide of South Africa 2010, thanks to the Spanish passport that obtained while it played in the Racing of Santander. "In the Racing a lot of people laughed of me when it said 'I am pivote, want to arrive to the selection'. They said me that Of the Forest fixed in me. Had the opportunity to play with the selection of Spain because have the Spanish passport, but my dream was to play with the absolute of Brazil. Always", it explained the carioca.

However, the player confessed that, further of a dream, was one put to play with the Brazilian selection and title in some championship with the same. On this thought, the same explained to the daily AS the following: "I fulfilled my dream: play with the selection of Brazil, play a World-wide, win some Confederations, play several parties, even be the only footballer in the history of Brazil that never had played a World-wide before and never went through the bench. This is a past. It is one of thing of crazy".