Zubizarreta: Messi honoring at the Bernabeu unlikely

Andoni Zubizarreta Director of Football Club Barcelona confirmed that honoring of magician Lionel Messi in Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the event of destroying the record for the top scorer in the Spanish league would be somewhat surprising and unusual.

Zubizarreta remarks quoted by the Spanish newspaper "AS": "This match is more profound with sports Performing America or with the game of basketball  ... It is surprising in the world of football, Messi deserves the honor, I think it will go down in Ibar match and Real Madrid match will win also .. We have seen players from Barcelona enjoy applause at the Bernabeu. The reverse is also true. "

Zubizarreta explained that Mascherano did not mean to hurt Neymar in the match between the national teams of Brazil and Argentina on Saturday: "It does not bother me because Mascherano honest person and Neymar stronger than it appears, but the confrontation between Argentina and Brazil is more than just a football match."

The international veteran former goalkeeper mentioned to Messi as wasting a penalty in that meeting will not adversely affect him: "I think that this will not affect him, he has great confidence, has succeeded in the scoring twice from penalty kicks in Bernabeu last year, I wanted to be able to successfully implement this because it would help him a lot.”

In response to a question about how he sees the near future to Messi Zubizarreta answered: "The players in general tend to develop him, Messi is not only the top scorer but he does a lot of other things, it evolves continuously."

Zubizarreta alluded to harmony and compatibility between team stars Messi and Neymar, saying: "Leo plays in depth more while Neymar preferred playing in the wide open spaces, and in this way be unable to break into the defenses, but this is happening with other players such as Munir and Pedro, competitors analyze our performance and we have to get into changes on the how to play from time to time, last season It was difficult for both of them due to injury, but this season it changed a little bit. "

Zubizarreta expressed his wish that striker Uruguayan Luis Suarez could from participating in front of Real Madrid, saying: "I wish I could enjoy Luis Enrique presence of all team players in the Bernabeu, we have succeeded well without Suarez so far, we know the player well he will not miss the chance to play in the Bernabeu, he has confirmed that it was in the back every time after suspension to face Manchester United.”