Messi: 'In a way, Guardiola harmed football'
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Lionel Messi has opened up on his former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola and explained why he believes the Spaniard may have "harmed football".
“Pep Guardiola is from another world. He’s different, he sees things that no one else sees. He changed football,” Messi said.
“Everyone wanted to copy us. In fact, in a way, he harmed football, because people tried to play like our Barcelona.
“But we were a special team… that midfield, Xavi, Busi, Iniesta, everything was perfect between the players and the coach.”
