The historic rivalry between Lionel Messi and Marcelo Vieira marked an era in football, pitting the Argentine at his best at Barcelona and the Brazilian being a fundamental part of Real Madrid. Marcelo, left back of the white team, remembers the intense duels in which the fundamental principle was to avoid provoking the anger of the Argentine genius.
In a revealing anecdote, Marcelo highlights Messi’s particularity on the pitch: “Messi doesn’t talk during matches. I tried not to talk to him either. We always said we had to leave him. If you provoked him, if you hit him and he got angry, it was harder to stop.”
The Brazilian, recently proclaimed American champion with Fluminense, offers a unique vision of the dynamic between the two stars. One of the most memorable encounters between Barcelona and Real Madrid took place in 2017, when Messi scored in the last minute to secure a 3-2 victory. Marcelo remembers this moment eloquently: “If Messi was crazy in the classic by taking off his jersey? Damn, I was in hell.”
Messi, facing Real Madrid on 47 occasions, scored 26 goals, thus consolidating the white team as one of his favorite victims. Messi himself, a few weeks ago, recalled one of his most iconic moments against Real Madrid. In the semi-final of the 2010/2011 Champions League, at the Santiago Bernabéu, the captain of the Argentine national team scored an extraordinary goal which entered the history of the competition. Messi rubbed the lamp, evaded the rivals with speed and sealed the evening with a brace, making it one of the best goals in the history of the Champions League.
2023-11-16 04:16:45
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