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REXACH SPOKE IN 'RADIO VILLA TRINIDAD'

Messi receives a surprising request from his discoverer

Published:5/12/2022 - 16:39h

Updated:5/12/2022 - 16:39h

Carles Rexach, former Barça coach and discoverer of Lionel Messi, has given an interview to 'Radio Villa Trinidad' where he spoke about the present of the 'flea' and left a surprising request to the player if he wins the World Cup

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The selection of Argentina achieved the pass to the quarter-finals of the World-wide Glass of Qatar 2022 of the hand of a 'enormous' Lionel Messi, the one who led to the team in the victory in front of Australia and will look for to do the same in front of the Low Countries next Friday. While the footballer prepares to confront to the 'Orange Mechanical', Carles Rexach, legend of the FC Barcelona and discoverer of the rosarino, conceded an interview to 'Irradiate Villa Trinidad' and spoke on the present of the player.

Rexach, the one who improvised the first agreement of the 'flea' in the square blaugrana in a napkin, showed happy and proud by the performance of Lionel in what it goes of the appointment mundialista. "When it failed the penal in front of Poland, said: Uh, again go to question to Messi, but has so much merit this big World-wide of Messi, because this carrying a pressure on that any another human could not carry, because the people thinks that Messi is it solved all and this is difficult that always occur", expressed.

"The current merit of Messi, in this World-wide, is that it knows to choose the precise moment, during a party, of when it has to throw him the rest: or with a pass, or with goal and this is every time but complicated in the football of today. In this World-wide the opponents have to be thinking, if we mark to Messi, and does not convert a goal, already have a chance but to win him to Argentina", continued.

Besides, it sustained that 'Leo' already surpassed to Maradona in the debate of the best of all time. "Particularly it would like me that Messi won a World-wide. It had to happen a lot of moments complicated and listen to a lot of simpatizantes Argentinian that are with Maradona on Messi, but to level of results, of titles achieved and of performance can not compare never Messi and Maradona. Messi played 1.000 parties, 800 goals and do not know those that assistances. 20 years ago that are in the elite. No it can him ask but", explained.

A sweep 'albiceleste'

On the other hand, Rexach confessed that it expects that Argentina do with the title the next 18 December. "I also do strength by Argentina - by Messi-, like an Argentinian more. If Argentina would attain to remain with the World-wide would celebrate it of the same way that if it would win it Spain. By charm, would prefer that Argentina remain with the World-wide, in front of that any another selection. For example, to this Selection of Spain would be missing him a Messi, because has a lot of 8 and 9, but is missing him a 10. It would fit perfect with all his experience", admitted.

His request

Finally, Carles surprised to all when asking him to Messi that 'hang the boots' if it remains champion with his selection. "Messi has to withdraw in the high competition. I do not see to a Messi playing for "changuitas" by here. It is a very personal question, but if Messi will win the World-wide is to say: well gentlemen, until here have arrived, to the selection have given him all this and more and would be like a brooch of gold and would have to withdraw being champion of the world, because after this, can not go further up. It would ask him that it withdraw if it wins the World-wide, because it is the brooch of gold", concluded.

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