Lionel Messi disregards the Chelsea legend and identifies the World Cup winner as the most exceptional goalkeeper he has encountered.

Lionel Messi disregards the Chelsea legend and identifies the World Cup winner as the most exceptional goalkeeper he has encountered.

 

 

Budweiser collaborated with the Argentina captain in 2020 to send a personalized bottle to each goalkeeper he had scored against, as he attained a milestone of 644 goals for Barcelona. Messi’s career has been marked by the numerous goalkeepers he has encountered, as evidenced by this distinctive gesture.

 

 

Messi acknowledges that certain goalkeepers have motivated him to improve his game, despite his remarkable goal-scoring record.

 

 

 

He acknowledged that he had encountered numerous world-class goalkeepers in a 2019 interview with FIFA, naming Gianluigi Buffon, Manuel Neuer, and Iker Casillas as particularly outstanding opponents. “Who is the most exceptional goalkeeper?” Although I faced numerous opponents,

 

 

 

I would identify [Gianluigi] Buffon and [Manuel] Neuer as the most notable.I am unaware that there are so many, but they are two of the most exceptional. Messi also mentioned [Iker] Casillas.”It took him a long time to score past me – in fact, it took him 10 games, as I was an

 

 

Arsenal player when he eventually did,” Cech reflected on his efforts to impede Messi. Between 2004 and 2012, Barcelona and Cech’s Chelsea team engaged in a protracted rivalry, with the two teams meeting a total of ten times.