The legendary Alessandro Nesta was one of the all-time greats, but even he suffered when he went up against Lionel Messi with AC Milan.
The Italian centre-back faced Messi four times, with all of those matches coming in the 2011/12 Champions League as AC Milan and Barcelona met in the group stages and the quarter-finals.
"In the 10th minute I kicked him and fell to the ground exhausted, seeing stars," Nesta told Calciatori Brutti.
"Then he held out his hand to help me up. I was on the ground and, when I opened my eyes two seconds later, I saw his face and his hand as he wanted to help me upp. That destroyed me mentally.
"What depressed me was that he had got away 10 times in the first 10 minutes and I was starting to feel 37."
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kayomo
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Men talk about Messi greatness why little kid on Instagram talk about there goat greatness,
SH3012
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Later on,Nesta realized he had Messiphobia,The fear of facing Messi again.
kingAuthority
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Boateng right now: I know that feeling π
emabkr42
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The goat of football β½
RoyAbhinandan
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Nesta's partner...On of the best CBs of all time Paolo Maldini -- Maldini:- I didn't play against him coz he was injured...Thank God he was injured!! Reporter:- Messi was lucky?!!! Maldini:- No!! I was lucky!!!
Nachiboy
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#TRUE GOAT
GJ-GREGJO
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That's why the world calls him G.O.A.T! We don't care what some stupid blind fan boys says. We don't care the noises they make. All what we cares is the words of legends who graced this game!
Broke_jr
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GOAT
ishti
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That's a very Frank and honest admission from one of the greats of the game. Tells you everything about the Goat.
Jehblmnpuz
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Let's go the greatest footballer of the game!ππ¦π·π
DenisTchetgen
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Messi ; a playmaker who scores a lot of goals and compete with poachers He is The Greatest
pulkit10
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Evans0323
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Everyone knows how great Messi is, including Ronaldo knows that Messi is better than him, but he doesnβt want to accept it, because of his fans around the world, because it will feel somehow to them allπ―
DenisTchetgen
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We all know Ronaldo is the goat
next joke pls....Remove goals from Cr7 what do you get π€π€π€
Sudacenpu
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Know your goat π
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and who gave this awards, qatar foundation πππ
DenisTchetgen
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You actually don't have Sense
Messi is a playmaker Cr7 is more of a poacher...how many matches have you watched that CR7 got MOTM award without scoring goals ??? π€π€π€ I know Cr7 is a greater goalscorer but Messi is a complete player