“He was quite provocative, just like the rest of Barcelona and Pep Guardiola,” said the Pole, who won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord in 2002, in his biography. “They were completely prepared to provoke you and they could do that perfectly. That had a big impact on manager Jose Mourinho and the rest of the team.”
In addition, Messi was not afraid to open his mouth against his much bigger direct opponents. “I’ve heard him say incredibly rude things to Pepe and Ramos. You wouldn’t expect that from such a calm and apparently good person.”
This season, for the first time in a long time, the Clásicos will be finished without Messi and Ramos, who are now team-mates at Paris Saint-Germain. Wednesday evening there is also another one on the menu. Then both clubs meet in the context of the Spanish Supercup.