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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has given an insight into the way Lionel Messi thinks. The Spanish manager was in command in Barcelona between 2008 and 2012, during which time he and Messi took the club to new heights, becoming the most dominant team in Europe.
Messi has been criticized for playing games in recent years, but Guardiola has explained that there is a process behind it. “He’s watching now, he’s walking,” Guardiola said while watching a video of Messi as part of the ‘This is Football’ series on Amazon Prime Video.
“He’s walking … That’s what I like the most. He’s not out of the game, he’s involved. He’s shaking his head: right, left, left, right. He knows exactly what’s going to happen. But his head is always like this [Guardiola turns his head left and right]. It is always on the move.
“He is not running, but he is always attentive to what happens. He smells where the weak points are in the four behind. After five, ten minutes, he has the map in his eyes, in his brain to know exactly where the space is. And what is the outlook. It’s like being in the jungle and I have to survive. And he knows that if I move here, here, I will have more space to attack. “
There are rumors that Messi, who is a free agent next summer, could look to meet Guardiola at Manchester City. On Thursday, November 19, the Catalan signed a new two-year extension with the English club.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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