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Messi can make any team win: Mourinho
London: English football club Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes the top four clubs in the Premier League can win the Champions League if they have Lionel Messi in their ranks.
The coach had seen the Argentine at work as Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg win at home to Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
“You have doubts that Manchester City with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Arsenal with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Chelsea with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Manchester United with Messi can win the Champions League? Don’t you think? I think,” Mourinho was quoted as saying by guardian.com on Friday.
Mourinho added any Tom, Dick or Harry – and, in his native Portuguese idiom, Anthony – would manage to reach a Champions League final with the talismanic Argentine forward.
“One thing is a team; another thing is a team with Messi. It is a different story,” he said.
“He played a Champions League final with (Pep) Guardiola. He is normally going to play in this season’s Champions League final with Luis Enrique and if, one day, he plays for Anthony, Anthony will go to a Champions League final with him. When people analyse teams, you have to remember that this boy makes everything different.”
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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