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Thiago loving ´unique´ Messi

SoccerNews in La Liga 21 Mar 2012

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Barcelona midfielder Thiago has heaped praise on team-mate Lionel Messi after the Argentine broke the club’s goalscoring record.

Messi, 24, netted a hat-trick in Barcelona’s 5-3 win over Granada in La Liga on Tuesday, taking his tally to 234 goals and breaking Cesar Rodriguez’s 57-year record.

Brazilian Thiago hailed Messi’s quality, describing the forward as ‘unique’.

“He means everything to us. Some people say ‘I saw Pele playing’ or ‘I saw (Diego) Maradona play’. I can say I saw Leo Messi play,” Thiago said.

“He is a different player, he is a player who has gone down in history already, a player who writes history and will make history in football. There are few adjectives to describe him. Unique.”

Messi debuted for Barcelona in October 2004, and has scored his 234 goals in a remarkable 314 games.

Thiago said what Messi had achieved at such a young age could not be matched, and added a World Cup title was not out of the question.

“What he has done at the age of 24 is unbeatable. It’s indescribable. I think he still has a lot left to give,” Thiago said.

“He will be able to do a lot with his national team. I think he needs more backup in his country, but it depends on every person, every country, even every region.”

“I think everyone will do their bit and I think the national team will help Leo to get that missing title.”

Barcelona’s win over Granada helped them close the gap to La Liga leaders Real Madrid to five points, with Jose Mourinho’s men visiting Villarreal on Wednesday.

Thiago urged his team to maintain hope the league title was still within reach, even if their fate was no longer in their own hands.

“Excitement is the last thing. We’re determined and playing with an aim to win it. We want it but we have to concentrate on each match. It’s difficult,” he said.

“It is 10 matches in which we score and do well in. It’s out of our hands, but we have to keep faith.”

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  • Joseph Joachim

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    real messi is an amazing footballer in the world ever happen. I dont know how he used to chop the ball above goalkeeper. I like

  • John Pierre

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    When I watch Messi, Xavi, Iniesta< Sergio, Keita, and the whole team Barca play, I run out of words and be become filled with expectations, anyone of them could produce that out-of-the-box pass and anyone of them could net a goal made of pure brilliance – but, the Brilliance of Messi is different brilliance, its the brilliance that no matter how many times you watch it, it will mesmorize you everytime, leave you breathless everytime, give that chill of living the moment again and again as if you are watching live. Someone said: I think Messi must have been playing monkey games in his early years for his ability to score goals in such a style, grace and elegance from such almost impossible positions and situations that is beyoned the ability of the human imagination – although this made me laugh, but I couldn't disagree. He is a man of a generation that will take many many years to see another Messi style player, indeed we are very priviliged to be the human generation that produced Messi and more priviliged to have such human being to entertain us every week, to create new astonishment that will make the previous astonishment look so ordinary.

    Thank you Messi for belonging to our human race, wishing you more amazing years to come.

  • John Pierre

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    When I watch Messi, Xavi, Iniesta< Sergio, Keita, and the whole team Barca play, I run out of words and be become filled with expectations, anyone of them could produce that out-of-the-box pass and anyone of them could net a goal made of pure brilliance – but, the Brilliance of Messi is different brilliance, its the brilliance that no matter how many times you watch it, it will mesmorize you everytime, leave you breathless everytime, give that chill of living the moment again and again as if you are watching live. Someone said: I think Messi must have been playing monkey games in his early years for his ability to score goals in such a style, grace and elegance from such almost impossible positions and situations that is beyoned the ability of the human imagination – although this made me laugh, but I couldn't disagree. He is a man of a generation that will take many many years to see another Messi style player, indeed we are very priviliged to be the human generation that produced Messi and more priviliged to have such human being to entertain us every week, to create new astonishment that will make the previous astonishment look so ordinary.

    Thank you Messi for belonging to our human race, wishing you more amazing years to come.

  • Joseph Joachim

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    real messi is an amazing footballer in the world ever happen. I dont know how he used to chop the ball above goalkeeper. I like

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