He is a Real Madrid legend and revealed how he defended Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is the best player in the world and for many the greatest of all time. That is what led him to be at the top of world sport for almost 2 decades. It's not for nothing that at the age of 36 he has just won his eighth Ballon d'Or. After the gala organized by France Football in Paris, the captain of the Argentine National Team returned to the United States and showed off his new award at Inter Miami, where everyone The club's youth players were able to enjoy the figure of the first team along with the personal trophy.

The fact of having 8 awards makes it very difficult for another player to achieve him in the history of the Ballon d'Or award. The thing is that no one until now has been dominating world football for as long as he has. Messi competed at the gala held in the French capital with Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, mainly. The Rosario striker won the 2022 Qatar World Cup, which was the differential that allowed him to win the recognition.

Now the one who spoke about what it means to play against Lionel Messi was Marcelo. The recent Copa Libertadores champion with Fluminense is a Real Madrid legend. The Brazilian and the Argentine faced each other on several occasions in the most important classics in Spain. Now, in a Chat Podcast broadcast he talked about what not to do when playing against Messi.

In the first instance, Marcelo spoke about what it means to be coached by Fernando Diniz, the current coach of the Brazil National Team, who maintains a double job. “It has a different approach. There are times when I stop at the right end. It gives a lot of freedom, very loose play. With him he made me want to play again, he managed to recover them,” said the left back.

On how to defend Messi he said: “Messi doesn't speak during the games. I tried not to talk to him either. We always said we had to quit. “If you provoked him, if you hit him and he got angry, it became more and more difficult”.