The duel between Atlético de Madrid Y Barça It will be key in the fight for the title. The two teams will put part of their options into play at the Camp Nou with Real Madrid with an eye on Barcelona. In addition, it will mean the reunion of two great friends: Leo Messi Y Luis Suarez. The summer of 2020 will be remembered by both of them as one of the busiest of their careers. The Argentine sent a burofax to leave Barça, while the Uruguayan forward was opened to end up joining Simeone's team. In such an unusual season, almost the only thing that remains valid are the praises of Barça's '10'.
“Messi is a different player. Being such an even game, if he had worn our shirt, we would have won“.”There are only two options to see Agüero play alongside Messi: with the Argentine national team shirt or with Atlético de Madrid“.
Those two declarations, lapidary, were pronounced by the Cholo Simeone and Enrique Cerezo respectively. Perhaps two of the three men who rule the most in the Athletics. And the two will always remain for the newspaper library. The first one did it after lose 1-0 against Barça with a goal from Leo Messi missing and the second to escape the rumors that placed Kun Agüero in the Blaugrana team. And both are history, because, One day, Leo Messí wore the Atlético de Madrid shirt.
Was the June 13, 2009 in Rosario, to be more exact. Leo Messi put on the Atlético de Madrid shirt in a charity match ('Solidarity without borders') which was organized by the 'Fundación Atlético de Madrid' and the 'Fundación Pupi Zanetti', then Inter captain, in order to help underprivileged children in Argentina.
The rojiblanco team was very grateful for the gesture and participation of Leo Messi in an act that culminated the work carried out by the foundation of the colchoneros in Rosario, hometown of the Barça footballer. Enrique Cerezo visited Argentina in 2008 and, precisely, it was in Rosario where Atleti laid the foundations to improve the First-Time Single Mother Transit Home.
Messi, with the Atlético shirt
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The '10' of Barça was part of the team of 'Los amigos de Maxi Rodríguez', captain of Atlético de Madrid on the date of the match. Messi played the first half with Maxi's team and the second half with 'Zanetti's friends'.
The meeting ended with a victory for 'Maxi's friends'
That charity game ended with a 6-4 victory for Maxi Rodríguez's team, Rosario like Messi. More than 20,000 people gathered for the appointment at the stadium of Newell's Old Boys, a club of which both fans are Maxi Rodriguez like Leo Messi.
Leo Messi (center) with Maxi Rodríguez (left) and Leo Franco (right)
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Maxi Rodríguez's team was made up of Maxi himself, Leo Franco, Leo Messi, Belluschi, Dezotti, Quintana, Liendo, Vella, Saltaña, Scaloni and Petete Rodríguez. Zanetti's set was formed Lux, Walter Samuel, Trotta, Garfagnoli, Coria, Alfredo Berti, Jonás Gutiérrez, Lavezzi, Denis and Reggi.
The gesture of Leo Messi, collaborating with the Atlético de Madrid Foundation, made the Argentine star wear the shirt of the mattress set without problems. A team that is his second favorite victim (32 goals in 42 games) and the one who has scored a goal in the last three LaLiga games. This indecipherable season only lacked one game like this.