Standard Alen Halilovic (22) charmeerde in his performance – an articulate boy. “I already played in many great stadiums, but such an atmosphere as against Anderlecht, I had not yet seen.”
The Croat was a top talent when he was sixteen he made his debut for Dinamo Zagreb and the national team – as the youngest ever. It didn’t take long for the big clubs came knocking on your door. The choice of Halilovic fell on Barcelona. “Dinamo put me under pressure to leave. They were more thinking of clubs from the Premier League. But when Barcelona came out, it was my choice to make.”
Breaking through at the Nou Camp he did not train with Lionel Messi. “He is the best. How he can play football, what he does in training… One of the best in the history.”