Matty Money has described the second he felt like a fan as he come up in opposition to Lionel Messi through the World Cup in Qatar.
The pair met through the group levels of the competitors, the place Argentina defeated Poland 2-0 on their method to reaching the ultimate of the match.
Speaking as a visitor on Sky Sports activities’ Soccer Am, the 25-year-old expressed what it was prefer to face the Argentinian quantity 10.
Matty Money was a visitor on Soccer Am and talked about his experiences in on the World Cup
Money obtained to see Lionel Messi close-up when Argentina clashed with Poland on the World Cup
‘I attempted to get shut! No, he stayed on the opposite facet, which I used to be glad about. Messi is Messi, he is unbelievable. To see him, to play in opposition to him and to see him in actual life subsequent to you. He walked previous me at half-time within the tunnel and I used to be taking a look at him considering that is Messi – I am like a little bit fan to him.
‘Seeing him shut, proper subsequent to you, his ball management is subsequent stage. And his weight of go, he simply cushions the ball.’
‘He walks into place loads, they usually clearly know that. Then he jus turns it on and he does what he does such as you see on TV. What he did within the final sport was unbelievable.’
A sunburnt Money ran into Ronaldinho on a seaside in Qatar and obtained an image with the icon
Messi wasn’t the one icon Money got here to face-to-face with throughout his time in Qatar. The Aston Villa defender was taking a brief break following Poland’s elimination and ran into Brazilian legend Ronaldinho while strolling down one of many seashores.
Money seized the chance to talk to the previous Barcelona star and posed for an image with him – one which Ronaldinho posted on his Instagram story earlier than Money even shared on his socials.
The complete-back stated he loved his chat with the previous Brazil star, including: ‘He was very nice, only a regular man actually. He was staying on the lodge I used to be staying in and I met his son as nicely.
The defender will likely be in motion for Aston Villa when the Premier League returns on Boxing Day
He stated congratulations and nicely performed to me, he watches all of it and was such a pleasant man. It was class.’
Poland managed to progress from the group levels on the World Cup, however have been undone by Kylian Mbappe within the last-16. His two objectives noticed Money’s match come to finish in a 3-1 defeat.
Money will now get able to return to Premier League motion when Aston Villa resume their marketing campaign on Boxing Day in opposition to Liverpool.
