Samuel Umtiti: Lionel Messi dribbles past us like we're cones

Samuel Umtiti is living a dream by playing for Barcelona, the club he has admired since he was young. In an interview with France Football he praised his team-mates, starting with Andres Iniesta. 

"He has the art of making complicated things simple. His vision of play is exceptional. He doesn't take it past an opponent with a dribble, like Neymar, but with a control."

Umtiti said that "starting with the goalkeeper all the players are very technical" at Barcelona, where he also had words about Leo Messi. 

"He has so much ease on the ball. His talent is innate although he works a lot. In training he does things that are out for the normal. Sometimes he dribbles past everyone as if we were nothing more than cones, including me," said Umtiti. 

The centre-back admitted he fell in love with Frank Rijkaard's Barcelona for their "culture of victory", a team where he remembers Ronaldinho and Deco. But later he said he was bored by Pep Guardiola's side. 

"It was less passionate. I said to my friends, 'I adore Barca but when they keep possession for 10 years it's boring. Later their play changed again."