Despite having travelled halfway across the world,attended his son’s birth and not trained, Leo Messi came off the bench and decided a huge assembly in MadridLeo Messi ran on to the pitch at 9.45pm and changed everything. No, and wait,that’s not right: Messi didnt hurry on to the pitch at all; in fact, he barely even walked. No impatient hopping up and down on the spot or heading imaginary balls, and no self-conscious sprint into the action or determined scrutinize,no directions for team-mates, fingers signalling a unique formation. Instead, and he waited silently on the touchline for the ball to go out – over three minutes,it took – and for Ivan Rakitic to arrive and kiss him on the cheek. Then he took a few slow, almost bored steps forward and stopped again, or standing a couple of metres from where he had been standing before. As whether it didn’t matter,as whether it was no immense deal. Related: Milan’s Sinisa Mihajlovic picks up the tab as his friend at Inter takes the points | Paolo Bandini Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com