Transcript · Spanish → English
Playing Against Messi in Soccer
How do you play the return leg against Messi?
No, with Messi... With Messi...
I had the chance to face him several times, but there's an anecdote
that I always tell, which is when we played with the Colombian national team
when we played in the qualifiers over in San Juan, Argentina.
They put me to play as a left-back, and before leaving the locker room, Pekerman tells me,
"The first time Messi gets it, go hit him so he gets thrown off his game," and I said, "Alright then."
He said it, so it's settled, let's do it. First play of the game,
I think you can even see it. First play of the game,
he receives it against the touchline, controls it, cuts inside, and I
go all in, and as I reach out with my arm, I grab him like this and hit him in the chest, bam!
Messi falls, he didn't say anything to me, he just looked at me like this.
I said, "Well, we're playing," but of course, he transformed, he was appearing everywhere
Next play, they pass it to him like that again on the line,
He gets it, controls it, fakes going inside, and of course, I'll eat him alive,
When I closed him inside, he turned outside. When I turned, he was already one-on-one with David Ospina
No
After that, I was in Basel, and there I had the chance to meet up with an Argentine, Matías Delgado,
who was the team captain. Today, we're watching a Barcelona-Real Madrid Clásico where Marcelo busts open
Messi's mouth, hitting him head-on and busting his mouth. The match is tied, the day Messi takes off his shirt
Up until then in the match, Messi was invisible, until that moment of the blow—bam! He busts his mouth open.
he lost it and I told him, 'You're not going to show up here to hit him!'
they hit him and it's worse, it's as if they don't hit him, it's like he's just there
asleep, but they hit him and it's like nothing
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Original transcript (Spanish)
¿Cómo juegas la vuelta con Messi? No, con Messi... Con Messi... Tuve la posibilidad de enfrentarlo varias veces pero hay una anécdota que siempre cuento que es cuando jugamos con la selección Colombia que jugamos por eliminatorias allá en San Juan en Argentina
ya me pusieron a jugar de lateral e izquierdo y antes de salir del camerino me dice Peckerman, a Messi en la primera anda a pegarle que se sale del partido y dije, ya pues ya lo dijo, dicho está vamos a hacerle Primera jugada del partido yo creo que eso hasta uno lo puede ver Primera jugada del partido, recibe el contra de la raya control la dirigió hacia adentro y yo
voy con todo como me sale con el brazo agarro así y le meto un manotazo en el pecho ¡Pah! cae Messi no me dijo nada me miró únicamente así yo dije pues estamos jugando, claro se transformó por todo lado aparecía siguiente jugada se la dan así otra vez en la línea, llega y controla hace que va a ir para adentro y claro, aquí me lo como,
cuando le cerré por dentro giró para afuera cuando yo volteé ya iba mano a mano con David Ospina no después de eso estaba yo en en Basilea y allá tuve la posibilidad de conseguir con un argentino, Matías Delgado que era el capitán del equipo hoy en día estamos viendo un clásico Barcelona-Real Madrid en el que Marcelo le rompe la boca a Messi, que lo choca de frente y le rompe la boca que partido ha empatado, el día que Messi le quita la camiseta
hasta el partido Messi estaba desaparecido, hasta el momento ese del golpe ¡Tan! le rompe la boca se transformó y le dije ¡No vas a marcarme aquí a pegarle! le pegan y es peor es como que si no le pegan es como que él está ahí dormido, pero le pegan y es como que nada
