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Koeman: Messi was a tyrant in Barcelona training

Ronald Koeman chatted about our old pal Lionel Messi this week. In an interview with Voetbal International, Koeman said that the Argentine was a menace in training. Demanding the best out of both managerial personal and the players themselves.

“Of course he had good players around him, but he made the difference. Everyone seems better than they are because of him. This is not a criticism, but an observation.

“When we did a finishing practice during training, there were sometimes players who started to hit easy balls, a bit of fooling around.