Rafa Márquez reveals a hard encontronazo with Leo Messi in the Barça

Rafa Márquez is one of the Mexican players more important of the history and formed part of the staff of the FC Barcelona between 2003 and 2010. In this period, dressed the elastic blaugrana in 242 opportunities and consolidated like one of the central solider of the moment and a key piece for the culés. The Mexican had opportunity to share changing room with Lionel Messi and recently has remembered an anecdote with the star of Rosario.

Although at the end of his stage like Barcelona Leo and Rafa turned into big friends, there was a very complicated stage between both that finished with a big fight in which it had to take part Pep Guardiola to calm the spirits between both. In an interview for 'Attack Futbolero' in Argentina, Rafa Márquez remembered this history and how was the Barça "of gold" of the 2009, when they achieved to win the historical 'sextete'.

In concrete, the ex defender has commented that during a training, Messi enojó with him and argued, but that the Argentinian "was not the one who is today" by what, in a moment, "put Guardiola and it calló to him. This anecdote have it present because here I could see that when they tighten it takes out this personality that until today has done that Read was so big".

The current trainer of the Cadet To of the Alcalá also has referred to how was the Barça of Pep, highlighting that "in this team of the 2009 all had winning mentality, therefore we kept this level, followed us demanding. The people that arrives to Barcelona is strong people mentally and that always look for to want to more. A clear example is Messi, that follows showing and breaking records", confessed.

The teams in which it wanted to play

In addition to reviewing his stage like player of the FC Barcelona, Rafa Márquez has taken advantage of the interview to 'Attack Futbolero' to speak of the teams in which it had liked him play. In addition to the Atlas, Monaco, Barça, New York Network Bulls, Club León and Hellas Verona, there is other three clubs with which Rafa dreamed.

The Mexican confessed that it had loved him dress of some Argentinian club, affirming that "it had liked me play in Mouth, River or Newell's. Newell's By the colours that are equal to the ones of Atlas of Mexico", sentenced.