"Messi - Tired, Injured, Lonely Lion"
Do you have remember the El Classico when Mourinho was Real's coach?
Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo would have come on the field to kill Messi. What a terrible tackles on him in every match. But have you ever seen Messi get up and fight?
Didn't see, because before he stood up, Xavi, Dani Alvez, Pique, Iniesta, Puyol would come running to fight. The way Valdes used to run towards them, They may have been lucky enough that Pepe and Ramos' dead body did not fall on the field. Messi never had to fight.
He was like the dearest little boy in the family. The adults would take all the responsibility on their shoulders, and Messi had unrestricted freedom. The ball was on the feet, the adults were on duty without the ball and Messi would bloom flowers on the football pitch. Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Dani Alvez also wrapped Messi up with absolute love.
But time does not go the same forever. Isn't it?
The elder brothers all said goodbye one by one. Messi has also grown up by then. This time he is the elder brother, friends with him. Those friends also left one day according to the rules of life. Messi was left alone. And the opportunity seekers jumped at the chance.
Once upon a time in a family where he was a darling child, now people are saying bluntly or directly, you are the burden of the family. The cost is high behind you, other players can't stand for you, coaches can't stand for you, the president can't do anything for you. Now no one comes forward to save Messi.
So the former coach says whatever he likes. The sporting director says whatever he likes. Even the uncles of the two-day player who joined the team a year ago do not leave.
But neither Eto nor Ibrahimovic also was happy with their position many years ago. They had a problem with the coach. But Ibra is still a fan of Messi, to Eto Messi like his own child.
There was trouble with coach Luis Enrique. Big brother Xavi came and told Luis, Messi is a special case, you can't treat him like any other. That Luis Enrique now says, I can only say good things about Messi.
But now? Rakitic defends Messi even they are not teammates anymore, and his teammates are silent. There is no tweet from Pique who always talks about everything, there is no comment from Griezmann even after so many statements from his uncle and agent.
Koeman is the one who says a little. No one wants to take any responsibility. So Messi is a villain in his own fairy tale. Like the last emperor of a declining empire. Alone, terribly alone.
So sometimes it seems that Victor Font should win. Xavi, Puyol, Valdesara come back. Whether on the field or outside the field, let Messi be filled with peace and love. I don't know if it will happen. All I know is that we may be watching Messi's last days in Barca's jersey.
But Messi does not deserve it. Barca fans don't deserve it. There was a promise to give and take a lot longer. But not everything in life will be as promised. Knowing that I will still try to find Leo's smiling face.
Because, even if he is tired, even if he is alone, he is our lion, our Lionel Messi. Of love, of eternity.
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