Stopping the Barcelona captain from running riot is not impossible, the Merengue star affirms - but it is more than a one-man job
Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane has opened up about the difficulty of keeping Lionel Messi quiet, confessing that it takes more than one man to keep tabs on the magical Argentine.
Varane has starred at the Bernabeu for almost a decade since moving from Lens in 2011, lifting four Champions Leagues and two Liga titles during his stay.
But even Madrid's stellar centre-back pairing of the Frenchman and Sergio Ramos has been made to suffer at the hands of Messi over the years.