Lionel Messi says he has ‘no doubts’ that Pep Guardiola is the very best coach on this planet, and he says he wished he appreciated his time enjoying for him extra.
Messi and Guardiola had 4 trophy-laden years collectively at Barcelona earlier than Guardiola give up citing exhaustion.
Final week, Messi stated Guardiola’s impression on soccer has been so nice that it has truly completed numerous ‘hurt’ to the sport as a result of quantity of individuals now attempting to copy his strategies.
He, although, has now put a way more optimistic gloss on these feedback, saying the Man Metropolis boss was so good that he and his Barca teammates didn’t even realise what a particular time it was.
“The Guardiola period was a rare interval,” Messi stated. “Guardiola is available in, with what he taught us and made us develop as a workforce. He discovered a era of gamers that was distinctive. It was spectacular.”
Guardiola’s trophy haul at Barcelona included three La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues, whereas Messi himself received the Ballon d’Or 4 instances in a row between 2009 and 2012.
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“With Guardiola, we have been going to play anyplace and we knew we have been going to win, whoever the workforce was. We knew what to do, the right way to do it, we knew all the things. We had painful defeats, however we have been at all times assured.
“With Guardiola, we made issues really easy, and it was so pure that we didn’t realise what we have been doing. As time goes by, you realise it was distinctive what we achieved.
“Guardiola is the very best coach, I’ve little question. He’s particular. He ready the video games like no one else. He knew all the things. I remorse not having loved the Guardiola period extra, not having loved it extra with him.
“I at all times preferred having the ball at my toes. I cherished having Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets subsequent to me. It was all a lot simpler.”
