Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaiwhakahaere o mua o Barcelona a Gerrardo Martino e whakapono ana ko Lionel Messi he kaitakaro moemoea hei mahi tahi na te mea ka taea e ia te purei i nga waahi whakaeke katoa. I rongonui a Messi i te waahi 'kino e iwa' mo nga tau e wha i Barcelona i te wa e whakahaerehia ana e Pep Guardiola, e whakahaere ana i a Bayern Munich inaianei, te karapu Catalan. Kua tangohia e te Argentinian te No. 10 i raro i te kaiwhakahaere Luis Enrique i etahi wa i tenei waa, engari kua tohaina ano hoki ki nga mahi whanui ki te hanga i tetahi whakaeke e toru me Luis Suarez me Neymar. Kei te whakaaro a Lionel Messi i ana whiringa ki tana hoa kapa o Barcelona a Neymar i te wa o te tukinga ki a Manchester City. Kei te whakanui a Messi i muri i tana kaute i te tukinga La Liga i waenga i a Eibar me Barcelona i te papa Ipurua. Ko Martino, he kaiako mo Argentina, e mohio ana ki nga mea katoa mo te 27-tau-tawhito kua mahi tahi me nga waahi o te ao me te kaainga me te whakaae he whai hua a Messi i roto i nga mahi whakaeke katoa. 'Mo te wa roa kaore matou i kite i a ia e tino nui ana i a ia ki a Manchester City i te Wenerei,' i kii te kaiako ki a Mundo Deportivo. 'Ka taea e ia te takaro i te taha matau, maui, hei Nama 9, i muri i te kaiwhawhai, tae atu ki te Nama 4! Ka taea e ia te whakarerekē i ngā wāhi katoa o te papa.' Kei te titiro a Messi ki te whakaeke i te kaitiaki poikiri o Manchester City a Joe Hart i a ratau tukinga o te Champions League. Kei te whakanui a Messi i tana whiwhinga ki a Villarreal i te whiringa toa o te Copa del Rey. I whakaae hoki a Martino he pai rawa te tuku i a ia ki te nui o te herekore i roto i tana mahi, i kii ia: 'I etahi wa, he mea tika na te wetewete i tetahi kaitakaro ka whakaaro tetahi he pai ake te purei i a ia i tetahi waahi, i tetahi atu, engari, mena he pai ia, ka taea e koe te ngawari ake. 'Ko te mea pono, ko tōna whai huatanga kei a ia, ehara i te mea kei hea ia i runga i te papa e te kaiako.' Ka tū a Messi ki te kaitākaro o te kapa Manchester City, a Vincent Kompany, i te Nou Camp i Barcelona. Ko te tohunga o Argentina ka peke atu ki a Fernandinho o Manchester City me te ngawari i te Nou Camp.
E whakapono ana a Gerrardo Martino ko Lionel Messi te kaitākaro moemoea hei mahi tahi. E whakapono ana te kaiwhakahaere o mua o Barcelona ka taea e te Argentine te takaro tata ki nga waahi katoa. Kua mahi tahi te tokorua nei i Barcelona me te kapa Argentina. E whakaaro ana a Martino me tuku noa e koe a Messi kia haere noa ki te tiki i te mea pai i a ia.