Messi says goodbye to Casillas in AS: “It was hard to have you as a rival”

Iker Casillas lived a day full of affectionate parting messages after announcing that he was definitely hanging up his gloves. There was no lack of nice words from his friends and those who were his wardrobe mates, but his rivals have not forgotten him either.

And one of them has been Leo Messi, who is probably the player who has caused the most headaches in his career. The Argentine star has wanted to send him a message in AS towering his career. “Iker retires today, but he has passed into the history of football a long time ago, not only because he was a benchmark in the League, but also because he managed to win everything internationally “, recognizes the azulgrana.

The admiration is reciprocal since Casillas never hid the difficulty of playing against Messi. “The best striker I've ever faced? It's Messi. I have faced him many times and I have no doubts. I have had to experience it many times, both good and bad, “Real Madrid once said.

The Argentine does not doubt the quality of the former Real Madrid player when he fires him in this newspaper. “You are a spectacular goalkeeper and it was really hard to have you as an opponent, but looking back I also think it was a pretty nice rivalry that made us have to outdo ourselves every time we faced each other“he confesses.