Manuel Neuer, the legendary goalkeeper of Bayern Munich and the German selection, revealed the one he respects the most in the world of football.
The former Schalke 04 goalkeeper said that Argentina international Lionel Messi is the player he has the most respect in this sport.
“If there is someone I respect a lot in football, it is first and foremost Lionel Messi.” As a player, he is a legend and a man of great morality.
In 2014 he had an incredible tournament and carried his national team until the end, but he also deserved it for everything he accomplished throughout the tournament.
I told Messi after the 2014 World Cup final that brought us together: ‘You’re an incredible player, Leo, and you’ll make up for it in the future, I’m sure.’he indicated.
Neuer therefore also returned to the 2022 World Cup which Lionel Messi was finally able to win in Qatar.
“Now it’s 2024 and Messi won the World Cup and was the best, and that doesn’t surprise me because what Messi achieved at the World Cup in Qatar is the same effort he gave at the 2014 World Cup, and I was sure he would succeed.
Messi is a winning and very tall player, and it is difficult to reproduce him in football. If you ask me who is the most difficult player I have faced, it is Lionel Messi,” declares the 2014 world champion.
Manuel Neuer has also not forgotten the legendary goal that Pulga scored in the semi-final of the Champions League in 2015.
“If you saw the goal he scored against me in the Bayern Munich v Barcelona match, when he played the ball over me like that and with the weak foot, it shows the extent of the talent that ‘he owns.
When I went forward to close the shooting angle on him, I told myself I was going to stop him because it’s impossible to play him that way with the right foot. But Messi, because he is the best player in history, marked him in this way,” recalled the German goalkeeper.
