Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has opened up on the unique challenge of playing alongside Lionel Messi. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Admitting that Messi’s talent is almost impossible for others to replicate, Mac Allister revealed that his teammates have accepted that the Inter Miami forward will always operate on a different wavelength than everyone else.
Alexis added that there will never be another footballer like the legendary Lionel Messi.
His words, “I enjoy being with Leo a lot, there won’t be another one like him. It’s very different to see it next to him, the things he does are not normal. From my side, I simply take advantage of it, he is very important for us to win, and from another side, the admiration.
It’s very difficult to learn from what he does, because you have it in your head but you can never do it that way. What I learn from him are the values and the humility he has being who he is.
The first one I was left a bit between the lines, I saw that Leo was behind me. There was talk about the way I let the ball pass but anyone who played football realizes that Rodrigo’s (De Paul) pass has the strength it has and I know very well that it is not for me.
The third was a nice play, which started on the right, ended on the left with a pass back to Leo, and then the magic of placing it next to the post, it’s another one of the incredible things Leo does.”
WOW.
Lionel Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.
Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.
With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).
He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).
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