Leo Messi, player of FC Barcelona, he is a football gentleman. And as such he has no qualms about returning the kindness that Jan Oblak, goalkeeper of the
Atlético de Madrid
, had with him a few days ago.
Recall that the Slovenian made some surprising statements about the forward of the Catalan team, in which he recognized how difficult it was to stop him and gave a good number of compliments towards the Argentine.
Among them, Oblak He pointed out: “He has scored many goals for me. Too many! But he is a great player, an incredible player, the best player. There are many times that he scores a goal and you have the feeling that you cannot understand how he has scored so easily. You're not even close to being able to stop it. (…) You know that when such a good player plays against you there is always the possibility that he will score. If you do what you know how to do, it is impossible. If you have your day, if you're in good shape, it doesn't really matter if you're 100 percent. His talent is too much. Most of the time, you have to accept that it will depend on him.
Now, the forward of the FC Barcelona has answered these words. “It's nice to face me. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the world today and it is always good to face the best. It is an extra motivation to try to be able to score a goal with what it means, with how difficult it is because of what each game as a goalkeeper shows, so it is nice to see him out but also face each other. He makes the most exciting matches, “he said. Messi in a promotional video for a beer brand.