Usain Bolt Is The Messi Of Athletics – Barca Boss

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique has categorized Usian Bolt and Lionel Messi as the greatest athletes of their respective sports.

This comparison came following the Jamaican sprinter’s 200 metre gold medal win at the on going world championships.

Messi was named UEFA player of the year on Thursday

Goal.com quotes him saying: “You could make a good comparison between Messi and Bolt. Bolt is the best sprinter of all time and is a brand and I think Messi is the best player of all time.”#

Usain Bolt put an injury plagued season behind him to beat Justin Gatlin to gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing

He said of the Champions League group stage draws: “It’s a more exciting competition with tough opponents, how could it be otherwise? We have a tough group, like most teams.

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“It is a very attractive, very difficult group, no doubt. It’s not as difficult as Sevilla’s group – they drew Juventus, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach, but it is difficult.

“We will try to do something that nobody has done in modern times, winning two Champions League titles.”

Enrique also gave his thought on the respective injuries suffered by Busquests and Neymar. He said: “Busquets has been able to train since yesterday and is doing very well.

“As for Neymar, I’ve also seen that he has recovered very well and is of the normal level of a player has been out for two weeks through injury. He is not 100 per cent, but no player is at that level now.”

Bolt beat Justin Gatlin in Beijing to lift gold in the 200m  while Barca been drawn with Bayer Leverkusen, Roma and BATE Borisov in their Champions League group.

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