Play in the FC Barcelona can mark a career, and although it does a lot of years that said goodbye to the Camp Nou, Thiago Motta still conserves a lot of memories of his go through the City Condal. The italo-Brazilian has sincerado in an entrevita with 'The Gazzetta dello Sport', and has reviewed the experiences of some starts that considers "difficult".
The midfield player rememora his signing by the Catalan group, admitting that it was near of the Juventus but that there were two details that did him change of plans. The 'Vecchia Signora' only aspired to have him some months to proof, and besides "arrived the Barça, with the T-shirt signed by Rivaldo, that was my idol, and was very easy to convince me".
Even so, there are some questions that are not so pleasant, as his calls to his family from a cabin of telephone, or his first trainings with the first team: "it Was a war, each balloon that pillaba shouted me all at the same time, 'happen it to me, happen it to me'. And how they hinder! With which hardness! Puyol, that then played of midfield player, said me that it did the same and then already respected me a bit more".
Precisely, this subject finish deriving in a discussion with the father of Leo Messi, that him recriminó an action in a preparatory session: "The first day of a training went in him very hard and came his father to hit me the bronca and say me that went too strong. The truth, was the only form to brake it".
Thiago Motta, admirer of Xavi, Iniesta... And Deco
After standing out the firmness of Louis go Gaal or the leadership of Samuel Eto'or, Motta also has confessed his admiration by the 'jugones' culés. "This year went up to Iniesta to the first team…already saw that with 14 years was a phenomenon. It did not fear him to anybody. Xavi also, as I, had the DNA of the football that implanted Johan Cruyff", explains.
In spite of everything, there is a detail that marked him: "I Have played with Ronaldinho, Eto'or, Messi and Neymar, but the strongest was Deco". In his eleven favourite of all the players that has played, a detacada Barcelona representation: Víctor Valdés in the goal; Carles Puyol, Thiago Silva and Silvinho in defence; Andrés Iniesta, Andrea Pirlo, Rivaldo and Deco in the centre of the field; and in front, Leo Messi, Samuel Eto'or and Ronaldinho.