According to the GOAL website, former Barca defender Beretti recalled that when he was in his best condition, he faced Messi, who had just been promoted from the youth team, in training, and he wanted to foul, but he couldn't play Messi.
Screenshot of the goal website report
Beletti's brightest moment at Barca was a goal against Arsenal in the Champions League final in 2006. At that time, when he played for Barca, it was the best time of Berletti's career. Beretti recalls her first meeting with Messi, during a training session at Barca, and Beleti confessed that she never knew who Messi was before.
Iniesta came to me before the training session and he asked me if I knew who Messi was. Iniesta warned me to be careful with this lad because Messi was really too strong. You know, it was my best time, and Iniesta told me to be careful of a young man from the youth team. But later in the training session, when I saw how Messi played, I knew how good Messi was. Beletti said.
Beletti continues to recall his first meeting with Messi: "When Messi got the ball in training, he didn't care who was in front of him, unfortunately he was facing me that time. One-on-one heads-up, and by the time I wanted to go to defend to stop him from moving forward, he was already out of me, and that was the way it was. I wanted to foul him, but I couldn't kick him, I couldn't kick him at all. Seeing such a good young man go straight into the Barca squad is definitely not a normal situation. ”
The talented Messi has won the Ballon d'Or seven times, and in his honor room, there is only one World Cup championship trophy missing. This year's World Cup in Qatar will be a good opportunity for the 35-year-old Messi to fulfill his wish.