Ujfalusi's entry that almost changed Messi's career

At the beginning of the season 2010-11, the FC Barcelona visited the stadium Vicente Calderón to measure his strengths with the Athletic of Madrid in a duel in which the Barcelona team, trained then by Pep Guardiola, carried the three points after winning by 1-2. A meeting in which the culés were upper, although carrying a capital fright and no precisely pro the marker.

It ran the minute 90, with the Barcelona up in the electronic, when Leo Messi escaped in a played of contragolpe. It was then when, during the driving of the Argentinian, Tomas Ujfalusi, defence of the Athletic of Madrid, went in to destiempo and stepped him the ankle to the 'flea'. The entrance was wild, heartbreaking, and left to the Barcelona tumbado on the terrain of game.

Of course, Ujfalusi saw the red direct, although the curious is that on it protested it and went of the field with face of not knowing what had been able to suceder so that they expelled him. But it knew it perfectly. Although possibly without intention, his entrance is of the wildest that remember . The ankle of Messi remained entirely bent, was withdrawn in stretcher and the rarest of everything is that only it was a sprain.

From then, it said that the '10' had an ankle of rubber, since it is possible that any player of the world had fracturado the articulation in an action of these caracrerísticas. The gravity of the situation was such, that the own Guardiola​ finish defending to the Czech defence in room of press. "If I saw to some player that goes to lesionar to another, would say it, but is not the case. It did not go with bad intention, but this happens in the football", said the Catalan.

Another metedura of leg of Ujfalusi

Ujfalusi, in addition to his wild entrance, was tremendously unlucky in the back statements since, listening him speak, the victim seemed he. "Had bad luck because it was Leo, if it was another player would not speak so much. I understood to the press, are speaking of Messi, the best player of the world. The people enjoys with him and concerns by him", began.

The defender colchonero, finally, regretted the action. "With the speed that had could not stop me and had the bad luck to step it the ankle. It controlled me always. They are things that do not like you, but can not remove the thoughts of the people. I am not a player like this, go in hard, but always contesting the ball. What happened, happened, I'm sorry, but can not it change"