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Juliano Belletti in an archive image

"HE RAN OVER ME"

Belletti recalls how it was his first training session with Messi at Barça

Published:13/04/2020 - 12:30h

Updated:13/04/2020 - 12:30h

Juliano Belletti was at Barça between 2004 and 2007, and in that period, he was impressed with Leo Messi. The brazilian recalled how it was one of the first training sessions he shared with the argentinian

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The crisis of the coronavirus has put in pause the world of the football, but Leo Messi follows giving that speak. The captain of the FC Barcelona has been recognised by his gestures solidarios during the pandemia, and while it expects that it restart the season 2019-20 to go back to shine on the terrains of game, observes with attention to which pronounce his name in interviews that analyse happened, present and future.

The one who has thrown the sight backwards to value to the of Rosario is Juliano Belletti, that has expressed his admiration by the '10' years after going through the Camp Nou. The Brazilian lived in the City Condal between 2004 and 2007, and in his stay had time to mark one of the most important goals of the history of the club and to know to a young promise that would finish turning into one of the best players of always.

In a conversation with 'ESPN', the one who was lateral Barcelona right has rememorado what sucedió in one of the first trainings of the Argentinian with the first team, in which it touched him mark him in a partidillo organised by Frank Rijkaard between the headlines and acting of the following party: "Frank Rijkaard put it beside us in a 11 against 11 in field reduced. He was between the acting and I was to title".

"Iniesta signalled it to me and asked me if it knew him. I said him that no and it warned me, 'Care, eh!'", it explains. When the balloon threw to film, the one of Paraná understood because the manchego had warned him: "In the first ball that received, already thought, 'Curse, this boy is a brave!' Had only 16 years! Afterwards, when I prepared me to mark it and steal him the ball, he already had happened and annotated the goal. It went through me on".

"A changing room like the one of the Barça intimidates to any one, but the Brazilians saw it and carried it. Always they played with him, they spoke him and they loaded it, but in the good sense. And he recognises it, can see because always it says it in the interviews. This acceptance helped him a lot. In the most complicated moments, the one who always assumed the responsibility was Messi. Therefore it turned into what is today", has valued.

To Zambrotta also marked him his convivencia with Messi

It does hardly some days, another ex of the Barça, Gianluca Zambrotta, expressed a very similar opinion to the one of Belletti. "When I arrived, Messi carried already two or three years with the first team, several parties and already was a player strengthened. In this moment was jovencísimo, but already saw the potential that had. It saw that it was a pure talent, a champion", ensured the one of As, that formed part of the staff between 2006 and 2008.