The Sevilla player, Argentine Gabriel Mercado, will be on the field of the Wanda Metropolitano this Saturday, 21, when Barcelona and Sevilla dispute the Copa del Rey final. In response, Mercado stated that he cannot touch Lionel Messi because of the consequences it would have.
In statements to the newspaper AS about the repercussions of this final in Argentina (Lionel Messi as a fixed man and captain of the albiceleste towards Russia 2018) he said: "If I hit him, I cannot return to Argentina. Messi cannot be stopped, not even with fouls, you hit him and he still wants to play football. That's it, football, he always wants to score and hurt the opposing goal."
However, Mercado pointed out what Sevilla should do to stop the danger of Messi in the small area: "He is the best, no discussion. He appears anywhere on the field, scores goals, assists... There will be a lot of defensive work there, we have to be perfect, but we have the dream of a title and nobody will take that away from us."
It is worth remembering that Barcelona qualified for the Copa del Rey final after defeating Valencia by 3-0 in the aggregate, while Sevilla did the same with Leganés with a total of 3-1.