Messi never made any eye contact Rio Ferdinand explains facing Lionel Messi in the UEFA Champions League final and Sir Alex Ferguson s regret at Manchester United
Messi never made any eye contact - Rio Ferdinand explains facing Lionel Messi in the UEFA Champions League final and Sir Alex Ferguson s regret at Manchester United Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Approve Reject & ban Delete Logout
Messi skills! Attacking perfection from a genius Speaking on a BBC documentary titled Messi (via ), Ferdinand shared his thoughts on locking horns against the attacker. He said: "In 2009 and 2011, we were facing the best team in the world with one of the best players ever to play. I look at that now and think it was so unlucky to then have to play them. "Messi never made any eye contact, nothing. He just separated himself entirely, playing away from you and then all of a sudden he would turn up. Bang." Ferdinand also revealed that then-Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson rued not instructing Park Ji-Sung to man-mark the forward. He added: "Ferguson said that he should have put Park Ji-Sung on him. If anyone could have done it, then it would have been him. But I have watched so many clips of that game when he moves Park around a lot. "Maybe Park would have been able to slow him down, and maybe that would have been enough." However, he asserted that no Manchester United player could have stopped the Paris Saint-Germain star on those two ill-fated nights. He said: "But would that have stopped a prime Lionel? I very much doubt it. I don't think one player could do it. I was just on the pitch at the end and thought that we need to get off there. They took our soul, basically. He was the main ingredient." Messi lifted his fourth UEFA Champions League crown with the Blaugrana in 2015, defeating Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus 3-1 in Berlin. Barcelona ???? Lionel Messi: Only playing Champions League football.
Barcelona ??????? Lionel Messi: Playing in Europe's second tier competition.
Coincidence? Barcelona ???? Lionel Messi: Only playing Champions League football. Barcelona ??????? Lionel Messi: Playing in Europe's second tier competition.Coincidence?
Messi never made any eye contact - Rio Ferdinand explains facing Lionel Messi in the UEFA Champions League final and Sir Alex Ferguson s regret at Manchester United
Lionel Messi scored two goals against Manchester United in two UEFA Champions League finals. legend has claimed that the Red Devils were unfortunate to face in the two UEFA Champions League finals against . Messi, 35, helped Barcelona lift four UEFA Champions League trophies during his illustrious 17-year stint at Camp Nou. After triumphing in 2006, he guided the club to two 2-0 and 3-1 wins over the Red Devils in the summit clash of the continental competition in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Sir Alex Ferguson's side were unable to stop the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner on both occasions as the player scored twice in the two finals. While the Argentine scored an iconic header in Rome, the left-footed forward netted from the distance in London two years later. Messi skills! Attacking perfection from a geniusMessi skills! Attacking perfection from a genius Speaking on a BBC documentary titled Messi (via ), Ferdinand shared his thoughts on locking horns against the attacker. He said: "In 2009 and 2011, we were facing the best team in the world with one of the best players ever to play. I look at that now and think it was so unlucky to then have to play them. "Messi never made any eye contact, nothing. He just separated himself entirely, playing away from you and then all of a sudden he would turn up. Bang." Ferdinand also revealed that then-Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson rued not instructing Park Ji-Sung to man-mark the forward. He added: "Ferguson said that he should have put Park Ji-Sung on him. If anyone could have done it, then it would have been him. But I have watched so many clips of that game when he moves Park around a lot. "Maybe Park would have been able to slow him down, and maybe that would have been enough." However, he asserted that no Manchester United player could have stopped the Paris Saint-Germain star on those two ill-fated nights. He said: "But would that have stopped a prime Lionel? I very much doubt it. I don't think one player could do it. I was just on the pitch at the end and thought that we need to get off there. They took our soul, basically. He was the main ingredient." Messi lifted his fourth UEFA Champions League crown with the Blaugrana in 2015, defeating Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus 3-1 in Berlin. Barcelona ???? Lionel Messi: Only playing Champions League football.
Barcelona ??????? Lionel Messi: Playing in Europe's second tier competition.
Coincidence? Barcelona ???? Lionel Messi: Only playing Champions League football. Barcelona ??????? Lionel Messi: Playing in Europe's second tier competition.Coincidence?