Guardiola and Messi were the architects of Barcelona’s golden age.
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For the captain of Real Madrid there is no doubt about what would have been the record of the White House in the last two decades if it had not been Lionel Messi at FC Barcelona. Everything looks relative, though Sergio Ramos he has lived in his own flesh the genius of the Argentine.
The famous series by Sergio Ramos will be released in the coming days to talk about the life and sporting career of the legendary Madrid player. And in it he talked about the club’s rivalry with Lionel Messi’s Barcelona.
“We suffered at Messi during this time that, perhaps, if Barcelona had not had it and we had not had it before, I think we would have won more titles,” said Ramos, in words collected by the newspaper Marca of the said series ‘The Legend of Sergio Ramos’.
What was it like to face the best Barcelona in history?
The central defender of the meringue club had to live the time of Guardiola’s fearsome team and he had endless anecdotes of those days of an unforgettable rivalry.
“There was a time when we measured ourselves in the best Barcelona in history. We had a great coach like Mourinho but it was hard for us to face them. We didn’t win much and also because there was a tension generated by them or by “I think we all made mistakes here and it’s still lucky that it took us to a more mature age. We solve it and fight for a unique team,” said Ramos.
In this final part he expressed how profitable it was for the Spanish National Team to have this rivalry and good talent in both clubs to win Euro, World Cup and Euro.