Marcelo Recalls Lionel Messi Giving Him ‘Hell’ During 2017 El Clasico – “It Would Become Very Difficult”

There are some games that fans will remember for years to come. Lionel Messi sent fans into a frenzy with his performance in the iconic El Clasico game from 2017. While the Barcelona icon has scored some stunning goals in his El Clasico outings, his winner from the 2017 game will go down in history as one of the best goals. Real Madrid legend Marcelo, during a recent interview, walked down the memory lane describing La Pulga’s performance.

The Argentine’s performance in the game stunned fans as La Pulga helped his side bag the win over their arch-rivals. While Real Madrid did their best to keep the player in check, Messi came out on top and silenced the away fans with an iconic celebration.

Marcelo opens up on the heroics of Lionel Messi

Barcelona fans still vividly remember La Pulga’s iconic goal against Real Madrid in 2017. With both sides leveled at 2-2, Messi produced a goal out of nowhere in the final minutes of the match to take his team past the finish line.

Former Real Madrid left-back, who engaged with Messi throughout the game, touched down on La Pulga’s iconic performance in a recent interview. The Brazilian defender stated that he was in hell as La Pulga took the game to his team. He stated, “Damn. I was in hell. Messi did not talk during the matches and I tried not to talk to him because he was quiet during them.” 

He added, “We always said that we had to leave him like this because if you decided to obstruct him, you would provoke him and then it would start and it would become very difficult.”

Real Madrid players tried their best to get an upper hand on Messi. They fouled the player throughout the game, with Sergio Ramos even sent off for a rash tackle on the player in the 77th minute. However, it was La Pulga who had the last laugh as he silenced Santiago Bernabeu with a phenomenal goal.

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Messi takes Barcelona over the top with a last-minute screamer

With the game leveled, both sides headed for a draw, which would see Los Blancos maintain their lead at the top of the table. However, Messi surely had different plans for the game.

The 90+2nd minute of the game saw La Pulga move into the box as he received a brilliant ball from Jordi Alba. With the clock ticking, Messi slotted the ball past the keeper as he found the back of the net to set the away fans in a frenzy. The away fans, on the other hand, were left stunned as Messi stood right in front of them with his jersey raised high.

The goal will arguably go down as perhaps the best goal in all of El Clasico’s history. What is your favorite goal from El Clasico? Let us know in the comments below.

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