The former Argentine football star talked about his culé past and his friend Lionel Messi in an interview
Former Barcelona player and former Argentine international Javier Mascherano reviewed the current moment of the blue team and lamented the change in model that seems to have experienced this.
“It hurts me that Barcelona has moved away from the model that made it great. That he has prioritized other things and has not maintained what so great and above all so different he had done at the club. If there was something that had made Barcelona different, it was the model and it has left this model for a long time, “he said in an interview with “The Tactical Room.”
In it he also gave his vision of Leo Messi: “When he grabs the ball there is always a feeling that something is going to happen. Generating this all over the world must be something unmatched. And he has been generating it every three days for 15 years. That’s why we’re talking about someone different. “
“He is a very special person. But not for what he is as a player but for how earthy he is being what he is. I have not known anyone who is so important in what he does in the history of the sport and who has a capacity to come and talk to you, ask you questions or ask you for an opinion. Usually the biggest ones like him don’t, “he added.
When evaluating your experience on the orders of Pep Guardiola“I didn’t have the midfielder profile for that team. Pep knew it. But that’s the biggest trophy of my career. Being able to change the way you think about a coach like Guardiola, possibly the best coach in the last 30 years. Through work, sacrifice and understanding what my role was to find my place there. “
He also refers to another Spanish technician for the job, Rafa Benitez: “He is a strategist, that’s why he was always good in the direct qualifiers. He is a coach who sees the weaknesses of the rival very well. In the qualifiers everything was very clear. I keep talking a lot with him. He has helped me a lot, the I value him very much and whenever I can I tell him how grateful I am “.