After winning the 2019 Golden Boot, Messi spoke exclusively to MARCA, revealing his thoughts on Conte's Inter, which are their rivals in the Group G of Champions League.
He said: "I wasn't surprised because we knew what we were going to see. I had seen them in the Italian league, where they started very well, and they are fighting Juventus as equals, which is not easy. We had studied them before facing each other and we knew that they are a very tidy team who plays with heart and much automatism and that they were going to be a very difficult opponent."