And the best player, well, he’s with them,” Atlético’s manager said after Barcelona had defeated them 1-0 at Camp Nou. “If we took the Barcelona shirt off Messi and put him in an Atlético shirt, we might have won,” Simeone said. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lionel Messi scores the winner against Atlético Madrid despite Diego Costa’s leap in the wall. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty ImagesAsked afterwards if Messi practises free-kicks in training, Valverde looked on the verge of laughing. Valverde talked about that hint of Atlético in his team, about the “sacrifice” and “solidarity”.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2018 15:45 UTC