Was fortunate to coach underneath Pep Guardiola: Lionel Messi heaps reward on Manchester City coach

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Messi was a mainstay in Guardiola’s Barcelona workforce. Barcelona captain Lionel Messi stated that he was “lucky” to have performed underneath Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique. Messi particularly heaped reward on Guardiola, who’s at present head coach of Manchester City. “He makes you see things in one way: how he prepares for matches, defensively, how to attack… he told you exactly how the match was going to be, how you had to attack to win,” Messi instructed Spanish tv channel La Sexta. “I was lucky to train under Guardiola and Luis Enrique, the two best. Having them made me grow a lot physically and mentally, and also the tactical wisdom they’ve taught me.” Messi was a mainstay in Guardiola and Enrique’s Barcelona groups that gained the Champions League. The workforce that Guardiola led on the Camp Nou, thought-about one of many biggest of all time within the historical past of world soccer, noticed Messi workforce up with the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta and gained as many as 14 main titles in 5 years. Under Enrique, Messi was a part of a deadly entrance three with Luis Suarez and Neymar and led Barca to the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League within the 2014/15 season. Messi has been linked with a transfer to Manchester City, the place he can be reunited with Guardiola, since he expressed a want to depart Barcelona in the summertime.