Soccer superstar Lionel Messi.
Barca coach Ronald Koeman has said Lionel Messi was like “a tyrant” during training at Barcelona.
The Argentina star raised the bar at the Camp Nou club as he developed into one of the greatest to ever play the game before departing to join Paris Saint-Germain this year. “Lionel Messi has obscured everything. He was so good and he won,” Koeman told Voetbal International, as reported by goal.com.
“Of course he had good players around him, but he made the difference. Everyone seems better than they are because of him. This is not a criticism, but an observation,” said the Barcelona coach.
Koeman, who worked with the Argentina star for a year before Messi left the club for Paris Saint-Germain said, “I knew how good he is, but it’s still nice to see it up close every day. Everything you would like to teach a football player, in recognising situations, in taking the ball under pressure, in ball speed, in finishing; with Messi everything is a 10 Not normal, not normal!
“When we did a finishing practice during training, there were sometimes players who started to hit easy balls, a bit of fooling around. But with Messi everything was: boom, boom, boom, boom. Never frills, everything functional. And always wanted to win everything.”
Violence erupted in Porto Velho after a police officer's death, leading to retaliatory attacks by…
Sanctions target Yemen Kuwait Bank for financial support to the Houthis, whose attacks have disrupted…
Dr. Derrick Todd is accused of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations,…
The Russia-Iran pact strengthens ties in military drills, security, and trade, signaling a unified front…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that the ill-fated boat, carrying around 80 passengers from various…
Thousands gathered to honor victims, blaming systemic corruption for the tragedy, while demanding justice and…