"If Messi wins, he will make sure he is the best in history"

In the APM program? He played a scathing reporter and now humorously enlivens Catalan nights as presenter of the Zona Franca late show, but it is in La Sotana, the irreverent football podcast, where Joel Díaz (Santa Coloma, 1980) gives free rein to his passion for Barça .

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
26 November 2022 Saturday 02:33
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"If Messi wins, he will make sure he is the best in history"

In the APM program? He played a scathing reporter and now humorously enlivens Catalan nights as presenter of the Zona Franca late show, but it is in La Sotana, the irreverent football podcast, where Joel Díaz (Santa Coloma, 1980) gives free rein to his passion for Barça .

What memories do you have of the World Cups?

The first is the sticker album from Italia'90. The best, I think, is Luis Enrique crying and bleeding from the nose at the 1994 World Cup.

Now he admires Luis Enrique. Will you support him?

I want Spain to always lose, at everything, whatever they play.

And neither did he celebrate Iniesta's goal in South Africa...

Of course I didn't celebrate.

He will go with Messi then.

I will go with Messi because I believe that if he wins he will secure the position of the best player in history forever.

How do you see it being celebrated in Qatar?

Regrettable. But it doesn't surprise me. This and other nearby dictatorships have been buying clubs, tournaments and footballers, such as Xavi or Guardiola, to whiten their image for a long time.

Do you think that more clubs, players and fans could have done in defense of human rights?

Football has been rotten for a long time and it is too late to react. I would also include the press because of its essential role, still, as an intermediary between football and the fans.

Is romanticism dead in football?

No, because it is in the hearts of the fans, that we make movies so as not to admit the scam.

And Barça, will they win the League this year?

Yes, we will win it.

How do you see the future of the club?

I think we will be an S.A. before 2030.