The big star of the FC Barcelona that participated actively during the morning of this Friday in the adjusted triumph of the selection of Argentina against the Chile of Alexis Sánchez and Claudio Bravo, Leo Messi, praised the figure of Johan Cruyff just after the meeting, in the mixed zone of the National Stadium of Santiago, and regretted once again the loss of the Dutch myth of the FC Barcelona after all what did by the Barcelona club, taking it out of the normality to approach it little by little to the excellence futbolística.
"It was a very influential person in the world-wide football", that "changed the mentality and the football of the FC Barcelona", signalled in no uncertain terms the Argentinian star, leaving clear that probably was the man that teorizó and afterwards put in practice the style of game that characterises nowadays to all the categories of the Barça of football, from the first team until the inferior.
"Big part of all what gave the Barcelona this last time is by him, a person that changed the head and the football of the Barcelona", commented "The Flea" from Santiago of Chile, just after the combined trained by Gerardo Martino imposed to a combativa Chile by a marker of 1-2, with Leo Messi giving the assistance of the second goal to Gabriel Market.
"It was a very wanted person by all the world of the football and especially by the people of Barcelona. A very influential person in the world-wide football and especially in the FC Barcelona", added Leo Messi, the one who already had issued hours before a message through the social networks in which it had written "leaves Us a legend". It fits to remember, besides, that Messi had the opportunity to give a last "gift" to Johan Cruyff, the magic penalti indirect that carried out with Luis Suárez against the Celtic of Vigo the past 14 February.