Messi transcends sport like Jordan and Nadal - Mascherano - video Dailymotion

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano labels Lionel Messi as a footballer who has transcended sport.

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00:00It's not a surprise because I've had to live with him

00:05for eight years in Barcelona, for more than 15 years in the selección,

00:12as a teammate, and always, especially in places where he hasn't gone with continuity,

00:22people become crazy.

00:25The reality is that not only in the stadium, I've had to live with him in airports,

00:31in hotels, and it generates all this.

00:35I think the admiration is total, but I don't think it's only for the football class

00:42that he is, but I think it's also an example of a sport

00:46and transcends what is our sport, transcends football.

00:51At the end, I think that any person fanatic of the sport,

00:57not of the football, but of the sport,

00:59feels admiration for this type of sport,

01:03whether Leo Messi, Michael Jordan at the moment,

01:08Rafa Nadal, gente que ha trascendido el deporte,

01:17y bueno, la realidad es que somos muy privilegiados los que tenemos

01:22la oportunidad de estar cerca y vivir esto también de cerca.

01:25Gracias.

01:26Gracias.