Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te hiahia ki te whakawahi i a Lionel Messi hei kaitākaro nui rawa atu i ngā wā katoa i ia wā e pai ana tana tākaro, ka tino mauiui. Ae ra, he tohunga a Messi. I nga wa katoa e kite ana ahau i a ia e takaro ora ana, he manaakitanga. Ka whakamatau ahau kia mau tonu ngā maharatanga ki roto i tōku hinengaro. Ko ia te momo kaitākaro e whakaara ana i te wairua ki nga mea katoa e mahia ana e ia. He kaitakaro whaainga tino nui ia, he tohunga ki te takahi me te whakarato mo etahi atu. A, ae, i whakamiharo ia ki a Manchester City i te Nou Camp i te po o te Wenerei. Ko te āhua o tana whiu i a James Milner, ko te āhua o tana huri i a Bacary Sagna i mua i te whakaoranga a Joe Hart i a ia i te tawhiti tata, ko te pōro curling i whakawhiwhia ki a Ivan Rakitic mō te toa o Barcelona. He mīharo katoa. He mea noa kia hiahia te iwi ki te whakapono kāore anō kia rite ki a rātou te mea e kite ana rātou. "E whakaaro ana te katoa kei a rātou te wahine tino ataahua i te kāinga", i kī a Arsene Wenger i tētahi wā, ā, ināianei e whakapono ana te katoa kāore anō kia puta he kaitākaro whutupaoro tino ataahua pērā i a Messi. E whakaatu ana a Lionel Messi i tana mana pōro whakamiharo me te peeke peeke o James Milner. Ka whakawhiwhia e Messi a Bacary Sagna ki te mana o te kaitirotiro pōro-kōrero i tētahi atu akomanga matua. Kei te tatari a Messi ki te pōro i a ia e whakaawe ana i te karapu Katarini kia eke ki tētahi atu Champions League whakamutunga waru. I kaha a Messi ki te whakawhiti i a Aleksandar Kolarov me Fernandinho i te haerenga a Barcelona ki City. Ko te mea e pouri ana ki ahau mo te koropiko kore o Messi, ahakoa, ko te whakaaro kaore he tangata e rite ana ki a ia kua riro hei kaupapa whakahirahira. Ko nga whakahē katoa ka tutaki ki te whakahawea me te kore whakapono. He rite tonu ki te mea kua riro a Messi hei atua, a ko te whakaaro ka taea e ia te whakataetae ko te whakahāwea. I te mea he kaiwhaiwhai whutupaoro ahau, e karakia ana hoki ahau ki a Messi, engari ki taku whakaaro ehara ia i te mea pai rawa atu. He wawe rawa mō tērā. E 27 noa iho ōna tau, engari kāore anō ia kia tutuki i a ia te mea i tutuki i ētahi atu kaitākaro nui o te kēmu, mō te karapu, mō te motu rānei. He whakairoiro i horahia i runga i te pāpāho pāpori i tata nei e whakaatu ana i nga rekoata katoa a Messi...
Ae ra, he tohunga a Messi. I nga wa katoa e kite ana ahau i a ia e takaro ana, he manaakitanga. A, ae, i whakamiharo ia ki a Manchester City i te Nou Camp. Ko te mea e pouri ana ki ahau mo te toa kore o Messi, ahakoa, ko te whakaaro kaore ano kia tae mai tetahi ki a ia kua riro hei kaupapa kaha. He rite ki te mea kua riro a Messi hei atua me te whakaaro ka taea e ia te whakataetae ko te whakakorenga. I te mea he kaiwhaiwhai whutupaoro ahau, e karakia ana hoki ahau ki a Messi, engari ki taku whakaaro ehara ia i te mea pai rawa atu. He wawe rawa mō tērā.