The flea provided a broad interview in the Spanish media, addressing, among other things, tensions with Avidel: "I wanted to make it clear that he was making the decisions" • On the prospect of winning the Champions League this season: "As of today, I think we are not good enough to win"

• Messi. Interview from the heart

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Spanish Mondeo Deportivo released an extensive interview with Barcelona captain Lionel Messi on Thursday. The flea does not tend to be interviewed often, but like every interview with it published, it also provided quite a few interesting quotes this time. Among other things, Messi talked about the tense relationship with Barca professional manager Eric Avidel about the chance of winning the Champions League this year and the chance that Neymar will return to Camp Nou.

Speaking of the tension and affair with Eric Avidel, his former roommate, Messi said: "I don't know why he said what he said, but I reacted in the way I reacted because I felt attacked. Paint it like I have a lot of power and I set everything. It bothered me that it came from someone within the club, a professional manager, who put the players in this situation. He is the one who makes the decisions and so I felt the need to clarify that. "

Messi with Avidel on better days // Photo: Reuters

Speaking about the prospect of winning the Champions League, the flea frankly said: "If we want to win the factory we have to grow a lot more as a team, today I think it's just not enough for us to take. We need to control the game a lot longer than it has been so far, to implement what we do in training As soon as possible, do not make as stupid mistakes as we did this season and do not repeat what was in Rome and Liverpool. "

About the game in San Paulo vs. Naples next week in the Champions Eight: "For a while I wanted to play at this stadium and it didn't come out. I'm excited to have the opportunity to play there. I know the Neapolitans are crazy about football. to get there".

Naples players in San Paulo. "Excited to get there" // Photo: IP

Messi referred to the penalty imposed by Manchester City from UEFA: "Nobody thought such a thing could happen. PSG has finally paid a fine in a similar case and if there really is a suspension and City does not play at the end of the Champions League it will be very strange, very terrible for the team and surely a lot of players will look for the way out. "

About Neymar: “He is one of the best players in the world and I would be happy if he came back. He was very happy and had a lot of fun with him on the field. He, too, very much wanted to come back here, he wished he had left. "

About Lautro Martins, Inter Milan striker reportedly linked him to Blaugrana: “He has all the conditions to succeed, a great player and he shows it. He is very strong, he has one on one and he fights. I wish he would come, he is very similar to Luis Soares, he was great at the America box office. "