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Mascherano And Rakitic, "touched" by the wand of Ali

Published:4/06/2016 - 14:46h

Updated:4/06/2016 - 14:47h

Once known the demise of the ex boxer and myth of the sport Muhammad Ali, the players of the FC Barcelona Javier Mascherano and Ivan Rakitic have wanted to surrender him honours leaving clear that his example has influenced them in his sportive life

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This Saturday raised us with the regrettable news of the death of the sportive and ex myth boxer Muchammad Ali. The for many better púgil of all the history said goodbye to the 74 years of age by respiratory problems. The legend of an excellent sportsman that, as it has remained showed in the last hours, has influenced a lot in two players of the FC Barcelona.

These are Javier Mascherano and Ivan Rakitic. On the one hand, Mascherano gave his condolencias by the death of the boxer using one of the sentences that, as it ensures, has served him of inspiration during all this time that has been sportsman of elite. "I hated each minute of training but said: you do not renounce. It suffers now and it lives the rest of your life like a champion", can read in the sentence.



By his part, Rakitic showed apesadumbrado by the news and left proof of this also through the social network Twitter. The Croat affirmed that Ali was "the biggest" of all time with the following writing: "it Rests in peace. Always the biggest".


Ali will happen to the history, between other things, by his multiple successes, his revolutionary boxing, his special character and the crowd of famous sentences with which connected with a lot of youngsters that now are idols of the sport. Some like the two cracks mentioned previously and also of the my Burn Turan, that joined to them sacking of him.

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