Gabi Milito looks forward to Lionel Messi's partnership in FC Barcelona.


Gabriel Milito has confessed to Lionel Messi's influencial role in bringing him to FC Barcelona. Milito, speaking to the press during preaprattions ahead of the Copa America final match against defending champions Brazil, said the gifted Barca youth talent told him all about Barca and encouraged him to come and be a part of the Blaugrana family. Milito says:

Messi is a spectacular player and a great sensation. I am going to enjoy playing next to him every day. I am very pleased with the with the prospect of joining Barcelona. I am just waiting to sign the contract and take the medicals, then I will speak more on Barca.

Speaking on the forthcoming Copa America final match in which Gabi will team up with lionel to attempt winning the Cup for a record fifteenth time, Gabriel Milito says:

The final match against Brazil is one of the most important games in my career and all my attention is focused on that. We have to win and maintaining our focus is the key.

Argentina and Uruguay are tied as joint top winners of the Copa America with 14 wins each, and as Uruguay have been eliminated by Brazil in the Semi-Finals, Argentina stand a 50-50 chance of seperating themselves from Uruguay by winning the Copa one extra time more than their South American colleagues.