Lionel Messi is honest and chooses the best midfielder in history

Throughout his career, Lionel Messi has faced and played with great midfielders. The Argentine star has admired several but he has his favorite, this player shared great moments with Leo and they formed a quite special couple.

Lionel Messi has great admiration for Andrés Iniesta, the Argentine has a special relationship with this player, they wrote the most important history of FC Barcelona, with their talent this club was the best in the world and they won six championships in one year.

Messi described Andrés Iniesta as a unique player, a footballer with great talent and who was special to the rest of the FC Barcelona players. The midfielder was capable of making big plays so that Lionel could score goals.

“Andrés (Iniesta) is special, as a player and as a person. He was leaving spaces, places, that seemed impossible. He would say 'well, he loses her', and he ended up leaving. He is unique. Every player would like to score the goals he did", said Lionel Messi in the documentary Héroe Inesperado.

The legacy of Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta

Messi won several championships with Iniesta, they celebrated the year that FC Barcelona won all the possible championships. The fans of this team remember them as the two players with the most titles in the club's history. Some true legends.