Spain
Rafa Marquez is one of the most important football players in the history of Mexico and in his successful career, he came to share the field with the world’s greatest figures, but few so great Lionel Messi
The Argentinian star assigned a team Barcelona with the Kaiser and although they are good friends today, at one point they intersected to that extent Pep Guardiola he had to intervene to calm things down.
This was revealed by Rafa herself in a lecture for Football attack in Argentina
“During practice, Leo got angry with me and we argued. He wasn’t who he is today, at one point Guardiola stepped in and shut him upI have that anecdote in mind because I could see there that when they press it, it brings out that personality that has made Leo so great to this day ”.
And it is that out of control Fut, that Blaugrana team started a winning and dominant era in Europe, thanks in large part to Rafa’s hierarchy and the magic of Messi
“In that 2009 team, we all had a winning mentality, so we kept that level, we kept demanding ourselves. The people who come to Barcelona are mentally strong people who always want more.A clear example is Messi, who continues to demonstrate and break records ”.
Marquez He also spoke in depth about football, about the passion with which he now lives it as DT and said he would have loved to play in it Newell’s Old Boys from Rosario, Argentina, for a curious reason.
“I would have liked to play in Boca, River or Newell’s. Newell’s because of the colors that are the same as Atlas de México.”