Lionel Messi

Luis Testoni
Kevin Legin
1st year of journalism
Monograph: the life of Lionel Messi
 Life of Lionel Messi

Introduction:

Lionel Andrés Messi, also known as the flea, he is simply a

more players, but with a talent that makes him so distinctive and every day
improving more and more. Lío is not only tired of breaking records, but also to
they are just numbers that add up to your history, but with a talent
inexplicable, seeing it on the field, moving, thinking, simply
playing what he and all of us like to do the most. Although it may seem
from another planet the flea is made of flesh and bone, an ordinary person,
of average height at 27 years old, with a humble personality,
silent, with a low tone of voice, but with an incredible background,
practically unmatched, not only at a football level but also in greatness
human. I created the 'Leo Messi' foundation whose mission is to act in favor of the
children and adolescents at risk, showing the person they are, who speaks, you
look at the face, it's simple and concise, as demonstrated on the field, what it touches
and looks to receive, doing it like no one else, knowing that when he has the ball
something is going to happen under their feet, something is going to occur, and as it always does,

creating the desire to stand up and applaud him until your hands are tired, and
always accompanied by a simple phrase "what a phenomenon" because there is nothing more

words to describe him, it simply is him, he does what no one else can do, and
leaving everyone speechless. But well, I hope there is Lío for a while.
see move nothing more and nothing less than "the best player in the world, Lionel"
Andrés Messi
Development:

Lionel Andrés Messi was born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Santa.
Faith, Argentina.
He has Italian ancestry, his paternal great-grandfather came to Argentina in 1883.
Born into a humble family, he is the son of Jorge Horacio Messi, a worker of
a factory, and Celia María Cuccittini, a part-time cleaner. Her
At birth, he weighed 3 kilos and measured 47 centimeters. He has two siblings and one
sister.
As a child, he played street soccer with his brothers, Matías and Rodrigo, and also
with his cousin Tomi. They nicknamed her the flea because of her short stature. At five years old

it starts at Grandoli, a small team from his neighborhood that trained his
father.
In 1995, he began training in the youth categories of Newell's Old Boys,
club with which he won the Friendship Cup of Peru in 1997. At the age of eight
he was diagnosed with a deficiency in growth hormone, which prevented him from
to have normal physical development. The treatment was very expensive and his parents did not

they could afford it. Leo Messi was discovered by FC Barcelona. He left
Newell's Old Boys Athletic Club from Rosario to move to Europe along with
with his family, where the blue and claret club covered the expenses of his illness.
hormonal (900 USD per month). For several years, he received two daily doses.
growth hormone injections helped him grow 23 centimeters.
Finally, he reached a height of 1.70 centimeters and wears a size
40 stand.
His career in Barcelona: season after season
Messi has had a spectacular progression through the different categories.
(Infantil A, Cadete B, Cadete A, Juvenil A, Barça C, Barça B and first team) in
record time.
During the 2003/04 season, Messi achieved, at just 16 years old, the great dream
debuting with the first team in a friendly match against Porto, which
It served to inaugurate the new Dragão Stadium.

2004/05 season

Messi had made his unofficial debut for the first team on the 16th of
November 2003 (at 16 years and 145 days), in a friendly match against
thePorto, at that time trained byJosé Mourinho, at the inauguration
of theDragon Stadium.8284Less than a year later,Frank Rijkaardhe/she did it to him/her
debut in an official match against theR. C. D. SpanishOctober 16, 2004 (to
17 years and 114 days), becoming the third youngest player to play
for Barcelona and the youngest player of the club to debut inLeague
SpanishMessi at 17 years old and becoming the youngest player to
scored a goal in the League for Barcelona. That season, Barça
he would establish himself as league champion, thus ending a streak of
five seasons without winning the league title.

2005-06 season
On September 26, 2005, he obtained Spanish citizenship and two days later
This afternoon, they played their first match against the Italian Udinese at Camp Nou.

Fans in the Barcelona stadium cheered for Messi until his

substitution, as well as its composure with the ball and combinations of
passes with Ronaldinho.
At the beginning of the season, Leo Messi was pointed out by the press as a
serious contender to be the breakthrough player of the year, coming off winning the Ballon d'Or
Golden Boot and the Golden Shoe in the under-20 World Cup.

In the second half of 2005, the Spanish press anticipated a duel between
Messi and the young Brazilian Robinho, signed by Real Madrid for 25 million
of euros that same year, for being the future great star of the League. Both
were headlines in Messi's first match against Real Madrid, which
Barcelona won 0-3, remembered for the applause from the Santiago stadium.
Bernabéu to the blue-and-maroon players after Ronaldinho's two goals. Messi
he had a prominent role in the match by providing the assist for the first goal
Barcelona to Samuel Eto'o, and he emerged victorious from his duel with Robinho. Until

At that moment, he had scored 6 goals in 17 league matches and one in

Champions. Despite this, Frank Rijkaard's Barcelona finished the
season as European champion and league champion.

Season 2006-2007
In the 2006/07 season, Messi established himself in the starting team, scoring
fourteen times in twenty-six matches. On November 12, in the match
against Real Zaragoza, Messi suffered a metatarsal fracture that kept him away for
three months from the fields. Messi recovered from his injury in Argentina and
he returned to action against Racing de Santander on February 11 where
came on as a substitute in the second half. Towards the end of the League, Messi began to

accumulate a greater number of goals compared to the start of the season (11
Of his 14 goals in the league season, he scored them in the last 13 matches.
Likewise, Lionel Messi was labeled as the "new Maradona," replicating
the most famous goals of Maradona during the season.

2007/08 season

Messi scored five goals in a single week placing Barcelona

within the top four positions in La Liga and on February 27, Messi
he played his 100th match for Barcelona against Valencia.

Messi was chosen as the best player in the world, with 77 percent of the votes.
votes of newspaper columnists based in Barcelona such as in El
Sporting World where they argued that the Ballon d'Or should be awarded to
Messi and football personalities like Francesco Totti have stated that
They consider Messi one of the best footballers in the world today.

the 2009/10 season

matching the historic figure of 34 goals by Ronaldo (96/97). From this season
It will also be remembered the goal with the blaugrana shield that he scored.
to Estudiantes de La Plata and gave Barça its first Club World Cup.

2010/11 season

Messi scored up to 53 official goals, at that time a record number in

Spain and until then had only been achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo.
same season). Messi, like in Rome, was decisive again in the final of
Champions. At Wembley, he scored a wonderful goal from outside the box that put ahead.

in front of Barça. In 2011, Messi achieved his third FIFA Ballon d'Or.
consecutive, and equaled Cruyff, Platini, and Van Basten.

In the 2011/12 season

Messi surpassed the 232 goals of César Rodríguez and became the highest.
top scorer in the history of the Club. Two weeks earlier, on March 7, 2012,
scored five goals in a single match for the first time against Bayer 04
Leverkusen.

May 5, 2012, is another date when Leo Messi expanded his numbers.
legendaries, reached 50 goals in the same league and also scored in all
the competitions that Barça participated in. And their 73 goals were key to
to win that season the Supercopa de España, the Supercopa de Europa, the
Club World Cup and the King's Cup. It closed 2012 with the record for goals in a
year nature surpassing the historical figure of Gerd Müller (85 with Bayern and
Germany in the year 1972.

2012/13 season

The Argentine star scored for 19 consecutive matches (one whole round)
until an injury on the PSG field physically diminished him in the phase
more decisive of the Champions League. In the national competition it was a
key piece to reach the 100-point League. Finished as Pichichi,
with 46 goals. In all competitions, he made 60 in 50 matches (1.2 goals per
match)
The 2013/14 season

It was a complicated campaign for the Argentine star, especially regarding

the injuries. Despite maintaining great scoring records, with 41
goals in 46 matches (28 in Liga, 5 in the Cup and 8 in Champions), Messi fell
injured in the month of November with a tear in the hamstring
that he would be out for six to eight weeks. His return would be triumphant: a
spectacular average of 331 goals in 400 matches.

Season 2014/2015

.Messi was one of the great architects of the second treble in history.
Barca, which six years later returned to conquer the League, the Cup and the League of
Champions in the same season. Thanks to their 56 goals in the three
, Messi set two almost unreachable records: in a Barca-
Sevilla at the Camp Nou surpassed Telmo Zarra to become the top
top scorer of the League (the mark of the Basque forward was 251 goals), and with a
'Hat-Tricks' on the field of Apoel de Nicosia surpassed Raúl as the highest.
Champions League top scorer (the former Madrid player had scored 71), closing the
season with 77 goals in 99 matches in Europe.

Messi in the national team

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