Leonel Messi's life isn't what you think it is he is the goat now but what if I told you that years back he should have never even made it from the accident that almost killed him to his record-breaking moment as a pro this is the story of how Messi made it to the [Music] top and I've got to start from the beginning where Messi was lucky to still be alive in the first place Messi was born on June 24th 1987 and his birth story wasn't anything to write home about his parents Jorge and Celia were
so poor that sometimes even getting what to eat was a problem Leo was the last of the messy kids having older brothers named Rodrigo and Matias and a younger sister named Maria despite the challenges they faced growing up Messi didn't let it bother him because if there was one place he knew he could Escape all that it was his favorite sport football as a young kid Messi fell in love love with the game but because of how small he was he found it hard to join his neighborhood youth team until the day Grandma Cecilia got
involved and everything changed the local team was having a match and as usual everyone around turned up to see this one including the mess's the entire family with the team losing 1 nil Messi's Grandma came in at halftime and insisted that the coach put him in and as soon as he did the rest became history Messi became became so good that Grandma Cecilia had been able to convince his parents to save up and get him a pair of boots so he could join the neighborhood team and at 11 Messi had become so good that the
new old old boys came calling but you see guys just when it looked like Messi's career was on the up he suffered the first big heartbreak of his life Grandma Cecilia was dead this one almost broke Messi down and unfortunately for Leo there was more bad news to come 2 years later now 13 Messi's parents realized he wasn't growing like the other kids his age he was under 5 ft and they became so worried that they took him to the doctors and that's when they found out the terrible news Leo has growth hormone disease this
one came as a complete shock there was hope because according to the doctors there were injections Messi could take to cure his disease but the cost of these injections was so expensive Messi and his parents couldn't afford that at the time Messi had started attracting interest from some top clubs in Europe so Messi's parents reached out to them for help but they all bailed out on him until one Club came through and saved Messi's life Barcelona they were so convinced by Messi's talent that they were willing to take up treating Messi and helping him grow
if in return Messi would have to sign for the Barcelona laasia Academy the deal was a no-brainer of course Messi took it in a couple of days Messi was all all packed for Barcelona but just before he hit the plane to leave he still had time for one more goodbye at the time even though he didn't know it Messi had found the love of his life Antonella ruzo she was the cousin of his teammate at new all old boys Lucas Scalia and after meeting for the first time it was love at first sight Messi made
Antonella a promise to come back to her and just like that he was off to Barcelona to sign the contract that would Kickstart his career they'd say saved Messi's life and he was all set to become a Barcelona product at lamaa in a couple of weeks the coaches had noticed Messi's talent and knew he was destined for greatness the year was 2003 and now 16 Messi was part of the Barcelona team taking on preseason tour and on November 16th Messi for the first time put on that iconic Barcelona kit in front of the entire world
debut done now it was about easing him into the first team and in the 20045 season as he saw his game time increased in the home game against albaset with a few matches to the end of the season Messi finally set the no camp on fire he scored his first goal and PE got the assist Ronaldinho he had taken up a special bond with Messi and had started acting like his mentor and learning from a guy like that only helped Messi improve his game until Pep Guardiola came along and changed everything the 20 809 season
Messi had now transformed from being that kid with loads of talent to being on the edge of becoming a superstar but it was clear he was just missing one final piece he made his debut for Argentina won the under 20 World Cup and Olympic gold months back and even better on a personal level he now had Antonella living with him yeah he'd gone back for her and made her his partner the 20089 season was going to be special for Messi because with Ronaldinho gone the club decided to upgrade his jersey number from 19 to the
iconic 10 pep brought a new system that made Messi Central to the team style of play and the results Barcelona won the treble with the Highlight being that Messi header in the Champions League final That season in 38 games Messi pged a staggering 38 goals and 19 assists in all competitions and this form was enough to get him crowned as the best player in the world the bendor in 2010 Messi continued in the same fashion witing the bendor again not quite at the same level as a team but on a personal level Messi's numbers were
up this time with 47 goals and 12 assists in 53 games and in 2011 he made it a hat-trick of Balon doors this time finally hitting the 50 goal Mark for Barcelona with 53 goals and 27 assists in all competition misss and going too clear of his new rival at the time the Messi and Ronaldo rivalry was just starting to heat up Ronaldo had transferred to Real Madrid a season back and El Classico was now as heated as ever three balandor surely there was no way he was going to add a fourth right I mean
he couldn't he just absolutely could not do it of course he did he's messy 2012 was a special year for Messi because towards the end of it he procured müller's long-standing record for having the most goals in a calendar hitting 91 goals in 2012 he had more goals than the Champions League winners that year 2012 was also the year Messi had his first kid theago meaning that scrawny tiny kid all those years back was now a dad but after 2012 with the exit of Pep Guardiola Messi and Barcelona struggled Ronaldo won the balandor twice in
2013 and 2014 to reduce the Gap to two and 2014 must have been a pretty low year for Messi because of the international scene he came within inches of winning the ultimate one but watched it slip away despite winning the World Cup Golden Ball has the competition's best player Messi and his Argentina team lost the final to Germany the international disappointment didn't end there in 2015 and 2016 he lost backto back hopa America finals leading to many people calling him cursed and saying he never match up to Maradona despite extending the balandor gap between him
and Ronaldo to two again after winning it in 2015 another trouble year it started going downhill for Messi and barca in the big one European football in 2016 a quarterfinal exit in 2017 another quarterfinal exit 2018 the same thing and in 2019 with Messi as Club Captain they finally made it to the semi-finals but once again another exit 20120 was a particularly low year for Messi his Idol Maradona died and in the Champions League well this happened but by 2021 things were about to go on the up because after 28 years in the home of
their biggest Rivals Messi and Argentina finally did it he'd finally won something with the national team looking at it now it's funny how it works a few weeks back Messi was the happiest man alive fast forward to the middle of August and he was in tears Barcelona was in a financial mess and what this meant was that the club couldn't afford to pay Messi's fees so they had to do the unthinkable and had to let him go for free 778 games for the club 672 goals 303 assists six bendor 10 LA lias and four Champions
League wins the list of his awards at the club that saved his life was incredible still Messi is the ultimate Pro so he packed his bags went to Paris and the following year he made history again the 2022 World Cup and Messi had publicly announced that this was going to be his last together the team decided to Rally around him giving him one final push and on a historic night in Los after getting to a chaotic 33 final against France Gonzalo Montiel made sure Messi would go down as the Undisputed goat it really was that
Grandma Messi had done it world champion at last unfortunately Messi's time at PSG wasn't what he thought it'd be because even though he'd won the league and French cup twice they got knocked out of the Champions League in the round of 16 twice and with that Messi decided his European Adventure was over so he packed his bags again and this time he was on a plane to Miami enter Miami Messi's new home with 726 goals and 346 assists in 894 matches Messi's undoubtably the best and these days he'd rather just chill with his kids play
with his new teammates at State side or you know drink and watch all the videos on go Zone the one he subscribed to
