DePaul: Messi suddenly told me that he wanted to visit Camp Nou

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Rodrigo De Paul, a friend, football player, bodyguard, and photographer, was a key participant in Messi's "night attack on Camp Nou" on November 10.

The Camp Nou photo posted by Messi on social media has received more than 30 million likes in less than a week. There was no carefully planned marketing and everything was done randomly.

Although Messi owns property in Barcelona, ​​he lives in a hotel near Camp Nou with assistant Pepe Costa and De Paul. In the evening, the three went to have dinner at the popular restaurant Lenia in Barcelona, ​​and then walked together to visit the Camp Nou. When the gatekeeper recognized Messi, his first reaction was great surprise, and he immediately let them into the stadium.

DePaul revealed more details in an interview with the media: "Before flying to the national team training camp, Messi suddenly said with his calm smile, 'DePaul, let's go to Barcelona first... I want to see the Nou Camp.' I thought he was joking, but he was not. We took a private plane from Miami, and almost no one knew we were there. Messi wanted quiet - no commotion, no cameras, no attention.

"We stayed in a hotel facing the stadium. Sitting on the balcony, gazing out at the Camp Nou, he whispered: 'This whole place... holds a part of me. ’ I couldn’t say anything, I just smiled and said to him: ‘That’s right, Leo... There is no club in the world that deserves you more than Barcelona. "