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Former Italy international Claudio Gentile believes that Real Madrid will have to man-mark Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in Saturday’s Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu if they are to keep the attacker in check.<\/p>\n

Gentile is renowned for his aggressive man-marking of Argentina’s Diego Maradona at the 1982 World Cup, and the former Juventus star feels a similar approach is needed to cope with Barca’s double Ballon d’Or winner.<\/p>\n

“You have to man-mark Messi if you want to keep him out of the game. However, players are no longer used to marking a specific player. All teams use zonal marking these days. You can’t learn how to man-mark in one or two days,” Gentile said to Marca.<\/p>\n

“In my time, there were lots of duels all match long. You hardly see that anymore, though. It’s spectacular to see Messi play, but I like to think of defending as a means to stop an attack and prevent a dangerous situation. Teams nowadays already give up when they see Messi.”<\/p>\n

Saturday’s Clasico kicks off at 22.00CET at Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n

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