Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets were good, but Messi gave them that extra dimension. I keep coming back to Messi because the ball kept coming back to him, and the story keeps coming back to him and his brilliance. He could beat two players within a blink of an eye and how do you defend against that? You can’t. You can go man to man with him, but that doesn’t faze him. You can’t kick him because he gets back up. We’re talking about one of the greatest of all time here.
