![]() It's the same number of reserve team players that were called up by Frank Rijkaard to complete the bench for Messi's debut match against Espanyol.Ĥ - The number of FIFA/Ballons d'Or's that he won consecutively.ġ - Lionel Messi, the greatest player of his generation who signed for Barcelona on this napkin. On 16-05-2003, Lionel Messi Came On For Eto'o For Couple Of Minutes, And Scored, But He Was Offside, After That, He Scored LEGENDOffside Goal - 85th M. Lionel Messi, an FC Barcelona youth product, was promoted to the senior team during the 2004-05 season and he made his La Liga debut for the club on October 16, 2004, against city rivals Espanyol. It's also the number of trophies that a Messi inspired Barcelona won during their grand slam 2007-08 season under Pep Guardiola.ĥft 7'' - His height which hasn't stopped the Argentinian genius from making fools out of some of the world's best defenders.Ĥ - Goals against Arsenal in this Champions League knock-out match. He was nine.ħ and a half months - That’s how long it took Messi to score his first official goal for Barcelona after making his debut.Ħ - La Liga titles won, the same amount of Getafe players that he beat to score this amazing goal. Fifteen minutes would go by and he still hadn’t lost control of the ball. The hottest ticket in European football this weekend was in Reims, 90 minutes to the north and east of Paris, where Lionel Messi. ![]() On one occasion, in Mar del Plata, he did keepy-uppies before the game and fans would throw money at him. First, Gastón Edul of T圜 Sports said that Messi’s entourage denies any agreement, and is only thinking about playing the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Champions League at the moment. Messi outshone by Mbappe on his PSG debut. 24 - The age that Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in official club competitions.Ģ1 - The amount of goals he has scored against Real Madrid in his career so far.ġ7 years, 3 months and 22 days - How old Messi was when he featured in his first match for Barcelona, he was the second-youngest player to ever don the Blaugrana colours for the first team.ġ3 - The year that he first arrived at the Nou Camp, take a look at his I.D card.ġ0 - His iconic jersey and as a class gesture he sent a copy to Gerd Muller signed "with respect and admiration", after breaking his calendar year goal scoring record.ġ0 March, 2007 - Messi announces his incredible talent to the world with a stunning hat-trick against Real Madrid in an epic 3-3 Classico draw.ĩ - The age he was during this briliant anecdote from Guillem Balague's book about Messi, "On the Newells Old Boys pitch, the directors would ask him to do some keepy-uppies before the senior game or at half-time.
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