On what Leo said; he and Pep only crossed paths on one occasion at an awards ceremony and a couple of words were exchanged. They have not spoken since the summer of 2012. Why?
After understanding and accepting that Leo was being Leo, that if, for example, he got angry he could go for days without talking to Pep, the relationship between the two could pass through a leap in quality. But over the months, the message from Guardiola lost power and situations of stress arose around key matches in his last season in charge (against Real Madrid and Chelsea), with decisions in the starting eleven that created confusion.
In the hours after the Champions League elimination against the English club, Messi asked his coach to continue. In the end, Leo did not appear at Pep’s farewell press conference, but he did speak on Facebook, saying: “Due to the emotion that I feel, I preferred not to be present at the pressure conference.” There was, therefore, a gesture.
Barcelona faced Espanyol with everything in honour of Pep in his final match. Messi scored all four goals. The ‘Flea’, as Messi is affectionately known, pointed his finger to Guardiola after the first goal and went to the bench after his fourth goal to embrace his coach. He had decided the night before the match that he would make a public gesture to silence those who spoke about the irreconcilable relationship.
Thereafter, the focus was centered on what I was going to ask Tito. Surely Pep needed another sincere hug from Leo. He did everything for him. And surely Leo wanted to do that. It will soon come.
After understanding and accepting that Leo was being Leo, that if, for example, he got angry he could go for days without talking to Pep, the relationship between the two could pass through a leap in quality. But over the months, the message from Guardiola lost power and situations of stress arose around key matches in his last season in charge (against Real Madrid and Chelsea), with decisions in the starting eleven that created confusion.
In the hours after the Champions League elimination against the English club, Messi asked his coach to continue. In the end, Leo did not appear at Pep’s farewell press conference, but he did speak on Facebook, saying: “Due to the emotion that I feel, I preferred not to be present at the pressure conference.” There was, therefore, a gesture.
Barcelona faced Espanyol with everything in honour of Pep in his final match. Messi scored all four goals. The ‘Flea’, as Messi is affectionately known, pointed his finger to Guardiola after the first goal and went to the bench after his fourth goal to embrace his coach. He had decided the night before the match that he would make a public gesture to silence those who spoke about the irreconcilable relationship.
Thereafter, the focus was centered on what I was going to ask Tito. Surely Pep needed another sincere hug from Leo. He did everything for him. And surely Leo wanted to do that. It will soon come.
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