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Rafa Márquez Messi 5 vs 5 story

Rafa Márquez tells it like this: you'd feed Messi the ball in a 5 vs. 5, he'd skip past one guy, then the next, and then loop back around to go at them a second time. Goal sitting wide open and he still wouldn't pull the trigger. The whole group would be yelling at him to shoot, to score, to just release the ball already. Eventually Márquez lost his patience and told Messi the same thing himself. That's when Pep Guardiola cut in and told Messi to shut his mouth and show some respect for Rafa's hierarchy. The man was out there dribbling purely for the joy of it while everyone else wanted a goal, and Guardiola still made it crystal clear who was running that pitch. Barcelona nostalgia hits different when the story is this ridiculous.

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Rafa Márquez Messi 5 vs 5 story

Rafa Márquez tells it like this: you'd feed Messi the ball in a 5 vs. 5, he'd skip past one guy, then the next, and then loop back around to go at them a second time. Goal sitting wide open and he still wouldn't pull the trigger. The whole group would be yelling at him to shoot, to score, to just release the ball already. Eventually Márquez lost his patience and told Messi the same thing himself. That's when Pep Guardiola cut in and told Messi to shut his mouth and show some respect for Rafa's hierarchy. The man was out there dribbling purely for the joy of it while everyone else wanted a goal, and Guardiola still made it crystal clear who was running that pitch. Barcelona nostalgia hits different when the story is this ridiculous.

1w