Perhaps Barcelona thought that the league would bend its rules, as it has often done for the giant clubs. This time, however, it did not. Messi himself spoke to the press on Sunday morning from the Camp Nou, with his family and a handful of teammates in the audience. Lionel Messi is unique, and this is why something as banal as a player changing clubs after running out his contract was deemed worthy of a push alert from major news outlets. What he has accomplished in a Barcelona jersey is astonishing, of course: the guile and the brilliance of his playing, the vision and the touch, all the intangible ways in which he affects games and makes the players around him better.
And then there are the six hundred and seventy-two goals he has scored for the club in fewer than eight hundred games, the more than two hundred and fifty assists, and the thirty-five trophies, including four Champions Leagues. Officially, preposterously, he was simultaneously the best player at the tournament and an athlete with no club to play for.
Players change clubs all the time, so why do we care about Messi? Why are soccer fans around the world so upset? Every football fan can attest to the fact, that no other generation in football has seen such intense competition for the title of the greatest footballer of all-time than this present generation. Among the plethora of footballers that can be said to be contenders for the title of the greatest footballer of all time, two excellent sportsmen, each unique in their own way, are a subject of controversy in every discussion of the greatest footballer of all time.
The names, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are not new to the world of football, in fact, each year, these two players add another trophy as well as individual honours to their already vast collection of individual laurels. In La Liga, Messi holds the record for the most goals with goals. In a season, Messi also holds the record for the most goals, having scored 50 goals in a season.
In the Copa America, he has scored 13 goals, the most for any South American footballer. Aside goals, Messi is the current footballer in the Spanish league, the La Liga, with the most assists, with assists. He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Argentinian national football team, having scored over 68 goals. Messi has scored a total of goals, in appearances for his club as well as his country. Being a creative footballer, Messi skills has earned him, not only goals but also trophies.
Well we may never know, but we know that Christiano Ronaldo can played for Manchester United , and I'd be skeptical to see if Messi could do the same, especially against the likes of Terry and Vidic. His magical play, though, would not be possible with out the help of some teammates who are stars themselves.
Messi is the benefactor of playing with the world's best center midfielders dishing him the ball. FC Barcelona studs, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, are hands down two of the best center midfielders in the world. They may even be the best and proved that while winning the World Cup in South Africa. Messi is privileged to play in front of these two players and most of his goals benefit from their passes. We may never know who makes who look better or if Messi could do it without them.
We do, however, know that Messi probably could not put up the goal numbers by himself. If you're the best player in the world, you should be able to take over the game and will your team to victory.
I know there are 10 other players on your team, but if you are the world's best, then your team should have an edge. Messi is from the great country of Argentina, and they're great at soccer too.
He is lucky to have other great players on his team such as, Carlos Tevez and Gonzalo Higuain. After Messi scored an early goal in a win over Nigeria that helped his team advance from the group stage, he was largely kept in check by France, his two assists not enough to stave off a defeat that sent Argentina packing. The following year, after Messi heavily criticized the referees in the wake of a loss to Brazil in the Copa America semifinals, the Argentine captain was slapped with a three-game ban by the South American Football Confederation.
He's also won the European Golden Shoe for top scorer six times, two more than his nearest rival, Cristiano Ronaldo. In July , Messi suffered a blow off the soccer field when a Barcelona court found him and his father guilty of three counts of tax fraud. During a four-day trial, Messi and his father denied breaking the law and claimed they were unaware of any tax illegalities that were committed.
However, they were both sentenced to 21 months in prison. Under Spanish law, first offenses under two years are suspended so they did not go to jail, but Messi was ordered to pay a fine of 2 million euros. His father was required to pay 1. On June 30, , Messi married Antonella Roccuzzo, his longtime girlfriend and the cousin of his best friend and fellow soccer player Lucas Scaglia. Messi and Roccuzzo have three children together: Thiago, born in November , Mateo, born in September and Ciro, born in March Messi met Roccuzzo in their hometown of Rosario when he was 5 years old.
Although famously private off the field, Messi has quietly helped others in need. In , he formed the Leo Messi Foundation to provide opportunities for disadvantaged youths. In early , UNICEF named him a goodwill ambassador, with a focus on fighting for children's rights across the globe.
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