Real Madrid legend, Marcelo has reportedly revealed to trying to hit Barcelona icon Lionel Messi during fiery episodes of El Clasico.
Marcelo recently ended a career that made him one of the all-time most decorated players in terms of trophies.
Marcelo was asked to select the best player of all time during his appearance on Spanish TV program La Revuelta on Monday.
Naturally, this compelled the former left back to talk about Messi, who frequently played on the right side of Barca’s attacking line, thus the Brazilian was left to mark him.
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“I appreciate him a lot. He’s a crack, he’s incredible. I thought you were going to show me the videos in which he made a fool of me,” Marcelo said with a laugh.
“I didn’t even see him pass me. He was very fast. But no problem, I was born in a place where dribbling is the best, not being dribbled,” added the Rio de Janeiro native, who was indeed shown a clip of the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner getting the better of him at another point of the broadcast.
“To pick one of the best in history… And the ones who have played before? Maradona, Pele, Di Stefano, Cruyff…,” added Marcelo, before joking that “the problem” with Messi “is that I wanted to hit him but I couldn’t get him”.
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