Gerard Piqué talked about what it meant to win the World Cup with Spain and why he believes being champion in Qatar had a different taste for Messi

The historic center of Spanish national team AND Barcelona I took some time to chat F90the program of ESPN led by Sebastián Vignolo, and spoke about the success of the League of Kings -the 7-a-side football tournament that he organizes together with the streamer Ibai Llanos- in Old World and of Lionel Messias a player and friend.

“I see Messi happy, he has made all his dreams come true”, began Piqué speaking of Pulga, with whom he shared 14 seasons in the Culé and with whom he struck up a friendship. Together with Messi, the former central defender and now entrepreneur was one of the leaders of that Barcelona that won everything with Pep Guardiola first and then with Luis Enrique.

“Football people wanted to see Messi world champion”exclaimed Piqué when asked what he felt when he saw the best player in the world lift the trophy in Qatar. “There is no doubt, Messi is the best player in the history of the sport,” he said.

In turn, the Catalan referred to the fact that several criticized Pulga for not having won the World Cup with the national team and that he was much compared to Diego Maradonathat he had made it, but from his point of view he stated that Messi proved to be the best for having won all the titles possible, both with Barcelona and with the national team.

Regarding Guardiola, Piqué said that the current technical director of Manchester City was a genius, that he modernized football and that all the players had power in that historic Barcelona of 2009, which won all the competitions in which it played . He also stated that no one can imitate Guardiola, because Pep is only one. ““Guardiola was born for this and coincided with the best generation of Barcelona players.”he exclaimed at last.

Questioned by Messi, again at the end, the creator of the Kings League underlined this “Leo has matured over the years and when he won the World Cup he was much more mature. He arrived at that World Cup with the maturity necessary to lead the team”.

Finally, he talked about Lionel Messi’s football moment when he won the World Cup. “Messi won the World Cup at the perfect time to valorise it as it is. When you win something that cost you a lot, you enjoy it more. “I won the World Cup at 23 and had a lot of fun, but it was a time when we won everything we played.”. Then she closed by saying that when you win titles at 30 or 36 like the flea did at the World Cup, after not being able to get them for a few years, you enjoy them much more.