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Arsenal icon Thierry Henry harshly criticized Lionel Messi after a viral clip showed him walking against Dynamo Kyiv.
Barcelona sealed a 2-1 victory over the Ukrainian team in the Champions League at the Camp Nou earlier this week.
The Montreal Impact coach admitted he did the same when he was a player, saying fans are forgetting how Messi recently entered international service and the strain it puts on the player’s schedule.
Henry told the CBS Sports Que Golazo podcast: “When I see that people keep trying Messi for whatever reason, I laugh. I laugh because people forget that last month he went to play in Ecuador and then Bolivia.
“Nobody is putting that on the bracket: that he had to take a 12-hour plane and you can’t even walk in Bolivia! Players who come from Europe faint. And then he traveled and played again.
“And yeah, maybe in a game he’s tired, so what? We’re talking about a guy who scored more goals than he played. People forget we’re not machines.
“In El Clásico, five or six times he went to tackle someone for the corner flag, but that’s not news, it’s when I don’t understand it. We’re still talking about it.
3 months ago“If you want to find some things, there’s a guy you have to leave alone. Leave him alone. Because when he’s not in the field, we’re all going to cry.
“I understand you need to sell things and you need to make stories, but not this guy. Seriously. I played Leo, this is not the guy you need to attack.
“This is what I don’t understand, and he has his merit, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes he annoys the boy just for annoying the boy. What he has done for football, what he has done for Barcelona, it is second to none.
“So, I don’t understand when people question their wish. This is what bothers me. Sometimes the guys would push the ball to me and I would walk! It wasn’t out of desire, sometimes I was tired, sometimes I just couldn’t.” do it, my brain was not following me, it may or may not pass.
“But how can you question Leo Messi’s wish? Really!? It’s just, to me, ridiculous. When I hear that, I say, ‘What? Are we questioning his wish ?!’ You can be bad, yes he can do better – well, I don’t even know if he can do more than him – but question his desire? Please. Leo Messi is just an animal. Come in, come in, forget that, we can stay all day .
“It’s pretty simple for me: just enjoy the guy while he’s there and stop complaining about things he doesn’t do. It doesn’t happen often, let’s be honest, but like I said, if there’s one guy who deserves a pass, it’s him.”
