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the magic of Lionel Messi not only does it lie in everything it does on the track, but also in what it never practices but it also comes naturally to separate it from the rest of mortals. That was precisely what surprised me the most Nelson Semedo, Who shared dressing room with the Argentine in Barcelona for three years.
Now Raúl Jiménez’s teammate at Wolverhampton, Semedo claimed he never saw Messi try free kicks in a training session, Which is simply this natural gift that makes him – for many – the best footballer in history.
“I have no words to describe how good he is. The most amazing thing is that I never saw him throw fouls in training all the time I was in Barcelona, he never did. The rest we always practiced, but Messi never threw a foul, for him it was something that came naturally to him.. He’s an amazing player, he’s inexplicable, “he told the newspaper The Telegraph.
“In one of my first games at Barcelona, he took the ball and left with up to five players. He was on the field and I thought: ‘How can this guy do this?’ It makes good players look bad. “
Why did Semedo leave Barcelona? ‘Missing money’
In 2020, the Portuguese was informed that the economic crisis of the club forced to look for new horizons and was then that appeared Wolverhampton with an offer of 30 million euros more than 10 in variables.
“When I came back from vacation, I went to Barcelona and they told me that they had financial problems and that I was one of the players for whom the club could make money. There were many in this same position like Suárez, Vidal or Rakitic. In football anything can happen, but I was surprised when I was told I could leave. It was a big decision to come to Wolves, I didn’t think twice, “he said.
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