“I use to do the math in my head, comparing your age to mine, wondering if I’d ever grow fast enough as a player to share the Argentina shirt with you one day” ENZO WTF
We are. Of course we are. Why do you think every single player dreams of playing for Barca when they grow up? Its because beyond being the home of pure football, Barca has also always been the symbol of freedom, the symbol of hope, the symbol of morality and ethical values.
His father was unwell
Legs shattered
People running smear campaigns
Against all odds he dragged his team to a World cup final, Thank you for giving us one last memorable tournament ❤️
❤️🩹🇦🇷 Leo Messi: “Dad, you kept asking me to play in one last World Cup… just days before it began was when your condition got worse”.
“It was the first time you weren’t going to be there with me at tournament… but Mom kept telling me you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel”.
“I kept telling you we were going to reach the World Cup final so you could make the trip, this was my mission once again”.
“After every match, I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized how serious the situation really was”.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, give you more time and the chance to watch one of the games”.
“We reached the final, but you couldn’t be there. I wanted to win it so I could bring the trophy to you and show you another one. I couldn’t”.
“My legs just couldn’t give me any more”.
“This time I tried to push beyond what my body could handle, but I couldn’t”.
“I never managed to feel physically right”.
“We didn’t become champions Dad, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play in it… as you told me, always”.
If you created the football GOAT in a simulator, his career would start just like Lamine Yamal's.
As a teenager, Yamal has won:
— World Cup
— EURO
— LaLiga (3x)
— Copa del Rey
— Spanish Super Cup (2x)
He is also the youngest player to:
— Score for Spain
— Score for Spain at a WC
— Score at the Euros
— Score in major tournament
— Score in LaLiga
— Score a brace in LaLiga
— Score a hat-trick in LaLiga since 1934
— Score in El Clásico
— Score in Copa del Rey
— Score in Spanish Super Cup
— Score in a UCL Semifinal
— Assist in major tournament final
— Assist at the Euros
— Assist for Barcelona
— Assist in LaLiga
— Assist in UCL
— Assist in UCL knockouts
— Register G/A in major tournament final
— Register 10 G/A in LaLiga
— Play in a World Cup final win since 1982
— Play for Spain
— Play at the Euros
— Play in Euro knockouts
— Play in major tournament final
— Play in El Clásico
— Play in UCL knockouts
— Play in Spanish Super Cup
— Play 50 games for Barcelona
— Play 10 games in UCL
— Start at the Euros
— Start in UCL
— Win the Euros
— Win major tournament
— Win LaLiga Player of the Season
— Win MOTM in a UEFA match
— Win Euro Young Player of the Tournament
— Win the Kopa Trophy
— Finish as Ballon d'Or runner-up
Leo Messi’s letter to all Argentinians the night before the World Cup Final. 🩵🤍💌
“The most beautiful thing about all these years was 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲”.
“Sharing day-to-day life with this group, competing together, picking ourselves up in the difficult moments, and 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩”.
“Thanks to each one of my teammates, to the coaching staff, and to all the great people who work every day to keep this National Team as a 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲”.
“Whatever happens tomorrow, this group has already written 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 and that no one will be able to erase”.
“𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒔, 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂”.