The 19 players brought along for tomorrow’s
El Clasico are
Goalkeepers Valdés and Pinto;
Defenders Alves, Puyol, Pique, Milito, Marquez, Maxwell and Chygrynskiy;
Midfielders Xavi, Keita, Sergio, Touré and Iniesta; and
Forwards Messi, Henry, Pedro, Bojan and Jeffren.
Like any great player he’s a fighter, he can’t lose. During training sessions if his team loses 2-1, he’ll gets the ball, dribbles around everyone and scores, and we have to start again from scratch.
“On Tuesday, (after his spectacular 4 goals demolition of Henry’s former team) in the changing room, I started staring at him. He asked: ‘What???’
“I just laughed and left him. What can you say to such a guy? He is just so strong (physically and mentally).
“Leo is not human. That is the truth.”
FC Barcelona winger Thierry Henry, commenting on Messi’s performance in an interview he gave to L’Equipe.