Trippier: Simeone said Messi can only be stopped by ‘prayer‘
Kieran Trippier has revealed that Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone had only one word of advice when it came to trying to stop Lionel Messi.
Newcastle and England defender Kieran Trippier has revealed just how hard it is to defend against Lionel Messi after coming up against the Argentina legend in La Liga with Atletico Madrid.
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Trippier spent three years in the Spanish top flight with Atletico but says even manager Diego Simeone was at a loss when it came to coming up with a plan to try and stop Messi.
“You can’t to be fair,” he told GOAL during his appearance on Kit Collector. “It’s funny because obviously Simeone was the manager [and] they are both Argentinian. Even he would say before the meetings, just basically ‘pray.’ You just can’t do anything. You can’t organise or set up to stop him because he’s that unique.”
