Revealed! This Goalkeeper Once Made Lionel Messi Lose A Magical Touch: He's Not Human

JAKARTA - Lionel Messi is known as the best player ever in football history. He has succeeded in reaping many achievements and awards, both at the individual, club, and national level.

Throughout his career, La Pulga is also known as a sharp striker and has scored 717 goals. Not a few goalkeepers have been victims of the sharpness of the captain of the Argentine national team, namely Manuel Neuer, Iker Casillas and Gianluigi Buffon.

However, of the many goalkeepers that Messi has faced, there is one name that has succeeded in making him feel very difficult. The figure in question is Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper, Fraser Forster.

The successful moment made Messi surprised when he was still defending Barcelona. Quoted from The Sun, Wednesday, August 9, Messi even gave praise to Forster in 2015.

At that time, Messi was remembering the moment of the match between Barcelona and Celtic in the 2012/2013 Champions League, to be precise in the group stage.

Barcelona then traveled to Celtic at the Celtic Park Stadium and lost 1-2. Whereas at that time the Blaugrana came with a composition of world-class players, such as Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, and Lionel Messi.

Barcelona actually appeared to dominate throughout the match, but only one goal was created. It happened in the 90+1 minute through Messi's execution.

The dominance of the Blaugrana which was successfully suppressed when appearing at Celtic headquarters was apparently inseparable from the figure of Fraser Forster. He performed great under the crossbar of the host.

The goalkeeper's performance was so great that he was able to reduce Barcelona. Messi praised Forster as not a human.

"The Fraser Forster's performance against us has been discussed for a long time," Messi was quoted as saying by The Sun.

"There was one game in Scotland where he wasn't like a human being, it was the best goalkeeper ever I've seen," he said.

Even because of his slick appearance under the Celtics crossbar, Forster was wanted by Messi et al to replace Victor Valdes in Barcelona.

"When Victor Valdes said he was leaving, we even talked about playing here (Barcelona)," said Messi.

"I'm sure he will end up at Arsenal, Chelsea, or Manchester United," Messi concluded.

Despite the stunning moments at the Celtics, Forster played for Southampton before finally joining Tottenham Hotspur at the start of the 2022/2023 season. At the North London club he has made 20 appearances in all competitions.

Meanwhile, Messi has now also continued his journey by joining MLS. In the United States, La Pulga continues to show his class, scoring seven goals and recording one assist in just four games for his new club Inter Miami.