“To sustain a career of 20-odd years, and when you look at his career with Barcelona and then his career with Argentina, that shows such skill and power. Now, it’s amazing, isn’t it, because he’s not huge in size, but in stature and presence. I think I put the thoughts from a refereeing perspective: when you’re officiating players of that calibre, you have to hold back on the whistle,” he emphasised.
