Mikel's Hilarious Take on Stopping Messi for England

Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel warns that stopping Lionel Messi is like trying to catch smoke! On The Rest Is Football podcast, he reminisced about Mourinho's tactic of ganging up on the little wizard. Mikel said, 'Once the ball's at his feet, everything changes!' Messi never scored against him, but good luck to anyone trying to mark him now!

Quick rundown

1.John Obi Mikel warns England about Messi's magic.

2.Jose Mourinho's tactic: gang up on Messi.

3.Messi never scored against Chelsea with Cech in goal.

4.Messi is leading the Golden Boot race.

5.Messi looks forward to facing England for the first time.

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