Didier Drogba's Story About Preparing For Lionel Messi Is Incredible

 

Didier Drogba once recalled how Leo Messi's goalscoring exploits stunned him ahead of the Champions League semi-finals between Barcelona and Chelsea.

The Ivorian wrote in his autobiography, as quoted by GiveMeSport: "Roberto Di Matteo did what he always did and put up a list of the opposing team's top scorers. Usually, the list would read something along the lines of Rooney - 22 goals; Van Persie - 15 and so on.

“When the Barcelona list went up, sure enough, in third place was Xavi on 14, in equal second place were Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas on 15, but we all just laughed when the top scorer came up on the screen - Lionel Messi on ... 63 goals, 14 in the Champions League alone!

"But 63 that season? It was such a ridiculous figure that we looked at each other in disbelief and laughed – what else could we do? I even took a picture of the number because it was so outrageous."

Even though Chelsea beat Barca 3-2 on aggregate back then, Messi enjoyed his most prolific season ever, scoring a total of 73 goals during the 2011-2012 campaign.