Lionel Messi breaks the silence in Barcelona: the press conference, minute by minute, live

2021-08-08T10:19:30.309Z

The Argentine will speak with journalists to tell his version about his unexpected departure from the Catalan club.

08/08/2021 6:46 AM

Clarín.com
sports

Updated 08/08/2021 7:17 AM

Three days after Barcelona communicated the definitive break with Lionel Messi and 48 hours after Joan Laporta explained the reasons, the Argentine will offer his version today.

It will be from 7 o'clock in Argentina.

08.08.2021

07:16

"Laporta, I think, said that everything was settled, but because of the League it couldn't be done. It was all agreed."

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07:15

"It is very difficult to stay with a moment. There are many years, many things lived. But perhaps I still have the moment that I had to debut, in which I fulfilled the dream and where all the good that came later started."

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07:14

Sustained applause.

Standing ovation.

Messi does not stop crying.

The greatest idol of Barcelona is broken.

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07:11

"I would have imagined leaving with a full stadium. Being able to say goodbye to the people. It happened like that, but I want to thank the people for the love that was always the same, in good times and in bad times. I hope I can come back sometime to be part of this club and to contribute something so that this club continues to be the best in the world. This is what you can say at the moment. I am not in a position to think and words will come out. So I hope that the questions will come . Thanks to all the world".

08.08.2021

07:09

"I always tried to handle myself with humility and respect and I always do with all the people in this house. I hope that remains of me in addition to the luck that I had to win a lot of things. I went through a lot of things, also bad, but that It made me grow up. I gave everything for this shirt until the last day. That's why I am satisfied. I would have liked to leave in a different way. I never imagined leaving like this. I would have liked to say goodbye with people. "

08.08.2021

07:08

"We thought we were going to continue here in Barcelona, both in sports and in everyday life. Today I have to say goodbye to this. I arrived very young, with 13 years. After 21 years I am going with my wife, with three Argentine Catalans. I could not be more proud and I have no doubt that I will return after a few years away. "

08.08.2021

07:06

Excited.

Messi cries.

"Good morning. In these last days I was thinking, thinking about what I was going to say. The truth is that nothing came out. I was blocked. It is very difficult for me. I was not prepared. Last year, with the burofax mess I was convinced. But not this year. "

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07:04

Enter Leo Messi.

There is a giant screen behind.

Suit dress.

with chinstrap.

There is applause.

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07:03

Only Lionel Messi is missing.

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07:01

Enter Lionel Messi's family.

Antonela, dressed in white, with Thiago, Mateo and Ciro.

They are in the first row next to the president of the club, Joan Laporta.

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