“It doesn’t matter how they choose to mark Messi…”

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Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win over Girona last night maintaining their perfect league run. Jordi Alba, who opened the scoring for Blaugrana had quite a lot to say after the match, especially about Lionel Messi.

The Spaniard is awestruck by the way Barcelona’s number 10 wiggles out of tight spaces. And said the number of markers on him hardy matter. According to the Spanish left-back, it’s impossible to mark the Argentine.

As quoted by Express, he said, “It doesn’t matter whether you put one or two men on him, with the quality he has, he can leave anyone behind.“If we talk about Leo, it’s clear that ultimately, he’s very difficult to stop.”

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Coach, Ernesto Valverde, has also acknowledged his defender’s remarks and told the reporters how Messi consulted with him during the match to lose his marker.

“Messi came to me in the 10th minute to ask how I wanted him to deal with his marker. Messi did well, he was calm and helped the team,” he said, quoted Express.

The Argentinian is off to a flying start this campaign, scoring nine goals in six La Liga matches so far. Although he didn’t get a goal last night against the newly promoted Girona, he was influential in the build-up leading to the goals.

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