The historic Italian defender had a hard time the four times he crossed paths with La Pulga in the 2011-12 Champions League. He committed two penalties and the Argentine scored three goals in the Barcelona-Milan keys.
The historic Italian defender Alessandro Nesta, winner of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, shared his traumatic experience with Lionel Messi, forward of Barcelona, whom he had to face four times with the T-shirt of Milan during the Champions League 2011/12 and it drove him crazy. The first two games were for the group stage and ended 2-2 in the Camp Nou Y 2-3 in the Giuseppe Meazza with a lot of de la Pulga.
The crude confession of Alessandro Nesta: “Lionel Messi destroyed me mentally”
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Then former Lazio, Montreal Impact and Chennaiyin from India he met the Argentine again in the quarterfinals and was eliminated. It was 0-0 on Italy Y 1-3 on Spain, where committed two penalties to Rosario and billed him. “Ten minutes into the game I kicked him and fell to the ground exhausted, I could see the stars. And immediately he was shaking my hand to get up. There he destroyed me mentally“recalled Nesta, retired in 2014, in an interview with ITA Sport Press.
The crude confession of Alessandro Nesta: “Lionel Messi destroyed me mentally”
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In this sense, he expanded: “What depressed me is that he was gone ten times in ten minutes and I was starting to fight at 37. In minute ten I kicked him and fell to the ground exhausted, I could see the stars. And immediately he was shaking my hand to get up. There he destroyed me mentally“.
“Do you understand? I was on the ground and when two seconds later I open my eyes I see his face with his hand in front that he wanted to help me up. There he destroyed me mentally“, he recalled puzzled.
Although he broke it all, Messi could not lift the Champions that year after losing the memory semifinal against Chelsea. As a consolation prize, he was awarded the maximum gunneror the contest with 14 goals Y Leader on assists with five contributions.
in this, with more than a decade of experience in the Italian national teams, was runner-up at the Euro 2000 and two-time Champions League winner with Milan (2003 and 2007).
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