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Rafa Márquez is one of the most important soccer players in the history of Mexico and in his successful career he came to share the track with the greatest figures in the world, but few the size of Lionel Messi.
The Argentine star shared a team in Barcelona with the Kaiser and though today they are great friends, at some point they came to cross paths, to such a degree that Pep Guardiola he had to intervene to calm the spirits.
This was revealed by Rafa himself in a talk by Futboler attack a Argentina.
“In a workout Leo got mad at me and we argued. It wasn’t what it is today, at one point Guardiola got in and silenced him. I keep this anecdote in mind because here I could see that when they release it, it brings out that personality that has made Leo so great to this day. “
And is that from the hand of Pep, This Blaugrana team began a winning and dominant era in Europe, largely due to the hierarchy of Rafa and the magic of Messi.
“In this 2009 team we all had a winning mentality, so we kept that level, we kept demanding. The people who come to Barcelona are mentally strong people and always looking for more. A clear example is Messi, who continues to show and break records. “
Marquez he also spoke in depth about football, the passion with which he now lives as a DT and explained that he would have liked to play Newell’s Old Boys of Rosario, Argentina, for a curious reason.
“I would have liked to play Boca, River or Newell ‘s. Newell’ s for the colors that are the same as those of Atlas of Mexico.”