THIS IS WHAT JORGE SAMPAOLI SAID ABOUT MESSI'S SENSATIONAL DISPLAY.

JORGE SAMPAOLI

"WHEN A PLAYER LIKE HIM TAKES A GAME SERIOUSLY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIS OPPONENTS," SAID SAMPAOLI, WHOSE SIDE'S
PERFECT HOME RECORD IN LA LIGA AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WAS BROKEN.
"MESSI IS A WORLD CLASS PLAYER AND WHEN THE GAME OPENS UP THERE'S LITTLE YOU CAN DO TO STOP HIM, NOR HIS TEAM MATES BECAUSE THEY CAN REALLY PUNISH YOU IF YOU GIVE THEM ANY SPACE."

IF YOU CAN RECALL THE DAY BEFORE THIS ENCOUNTER SEVILLA COACH JORGE SAMPAOLI JOKED THAT LIONEL MESSI'S SUPREMACY NECESSITATED TWO BALLON D'OR COMPETITIONS, "ONE FOR MESSI AND ONE FOR EVERYONE ELSE". AS QUOTED BY SPORT

THIS IS WHAT SEVILLA'S VITOLO SAID ABOUT MESSI'S PIECE OF SKILL.

"I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ANYTHING NEW ABOUT MESSI, FOR ME HE'S THE BEST OF ALL TIME.

"HE ONLY APPEARED IN THE FIRST HALF TO SCORE THE GOAL BUT IN THE SECOND

HE IMPROVED HIS WHOLE TEAM. WE WERE ON TOP IN THE FIRST HALF BUT BARCA'S FRONT THREE CAN SCORE AT ANY MOMENT AND THEIR FIRST GOAL GOT THEM BACK INTO THE GAME."

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