Lionel Messi’s Barcelona team mate Xavi has stated how important he thinks the Argentine is to the Catalans, by s
uggesting he is more vital to the team that Cristiano Ronaldo is to Real Madrid. “For me, Barcelona loses more when Messi is out than Madrid do when they have no Cristiano Ronaldo. As an individual he is always thinking about the collective good. To have the best player in the world working for the team is fantastic. He is beyond any comparison, he is above every footballer and that’s why he won the Ballon d’Or with the best points difference in history.”
Messi will miss Barcelona’s weekend game with Espanyol, and the Espanyol manager also believes that is a bog blow for the league leaders. “What Messi brings to a team, no other player can bring. Messi can break a match wide open”, he was quoted as saying today.
Finally today, Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque has revealed who he voted for in the upcoming FIFA
World Player Of The Year award which will be presented on December 21st. “I voted for Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Didier Drogba. In that order. I don’t mind saying so,” Del Bosque told AS. It is widely expected that the Argentine will win the award with ease in ten days time.
