Messi and Zidane had a spectacular conversation in which they were full of praise and mainly talked about football.
Lionel Messi and Zinedine Zidane starred in a spectacular lecture, facilitated by Adidas, sponsor of both world football legends, in which both the Argentinian and the Frenchman left sentences to remember.
In the middle of a completely relaxed conversation, Messi made no secret of his admiration for the French genius, even though ‘Zizou’ shone for so many at Real Madrid, first as a player and later as a coach.
Messi: “It was wonderful to see Zidane and I enjoyed it a lot, apart from the suffering because I was and am a Barcelona fan”
In this sense, the man from Rosario admitted: “It’s not because he’s here, I’ve said it many times. He is one of the greatest in history. I’ve always admired him, I’ve always liked him. Madrid and I suffered a lot from him.” Also because I came from Barcelona. I remember the Madrid era of the Galacticos, the European Cup they won, that they had a great team, how well that team played, the players that they had… But it was always different, it was elegant, it had art, magic, it had everything…”.
And he added: “I have many memories of him. The goal against Leverkusen in the Champions League final, the World Cup goals, the final against Brazil, the typical roulette of the footsteps, a great goal against Valencia… These are things “Anyone who loves football, I enjoyed it, and I enjoyed it very much, except that it also bothered me because I was and am a Barcelona fan. But the great players were already crossing the shirt, the country, and it was beautiful to see.” him and that whole generation of players, equipment that I had.
The complete conversation between Messi and Zidane
Source: Goal