Javier Zanetti maintained that Messi is the essence of football

During the awards preview The Best, Javier Zanetti, former player of the Argentine national team gave his opinion on Lionel Messi and surely the captain of La Scaloneta “It is the essence of football”, in a ceremony where an award will be given to the best player of the year.

“I think Messi will win and not only for having won the World Cup but for everything he represents in football. For me Messi is the essence of football and he has been showing it throughout his career. It is a well-deserved award“, held.

The former Inter Milan footballer also spoke about Lionel Scaloni and Dibu Martínez, who are also among the finalists in the category of best coach and best goalkeeper. “Both Scaloni and ´Dibu´ have chances to win such an important prize for what they did in the World Cup and we are confident that, beyond the fact that Messi can win it, Scaloni and ´Dibu´ Martínez can also win it”, sure.

Finally, Zanetti had time to remember the experience he suffered during the World Cup penalty shootout in Qatar and confessed that he later saw the final several times. “When (Gonzalo) Montiel scored the penalty, it was a source of relief and enormous joy. When they repeat the final I see it and the ball that ‘Dibu’ Martínez saves, sometimes I don’t even want to see it because I’m afraid it will go in. I went in to I hugged the field and Leo and I said thank you to everyone for crowning that dream”pointed out.

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