“I would put Neuer on the same level as Messi”

Manuel Neuer shown, in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, against Arsenal, who at age 38 still has a lot of energy for a while. The goalkeeper, captain and living legend of Bavariaunbeaten in Munich’s (1-0) victory over the Gunners, becoming the goalkeeper who has kept the most clean sheets (58) in the history of the top European club competition, surpassing the 57 of Iker Casillas.

‘Masterclass’ with the ball at your feet

A match in which the one from Gelsenkirchen, who was renewed a few months ago until June 2025, was barely challenged – only a long shot by Martin Ödegaard at half time – by the rival, but in which he gave the th umpteenth ‘masterclass’ with the ball open. his feet, completing 37 of the 45 passes he attempted (82% effectiveness).

A performance that earned him praise from his former teammate at Bavaria and to the German team, Mario Gomez. “I would put Neuer on the same level as Messi in terms of importance to the game. I don’t think we realize that we are facing a goalkeeper who changed the way we play. We will only understand it when 20 years have passed, “said the forward, who retired from active football in 2020, on the podcast ‘Phrasesmäher‘.

Pep Guardiolatechnician Bavaria between 2013 and 2016, he reinvented himself Neuer during his time in Bavaria, which made him another outfield player and makes him considered, until now nowas a pioneer in the goalkeeper position.

We must remember that in his time, Karl-Heinz RummeniggeGerman football legend and former general director of the Bavarian club, until saying that, with the League title under his arm, the one from Santpedor “had the idea to line him up in the middle of the field. I am convinced that approved by Manu -Neuer-,” he concluded.