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As a sport, soccer is more widespread than any game on the planet. There are so many national teams, and along with these teams come world-class players. These national sides participate in a variety of competitions such as the European Championship (Euro Cup), the Copa Sudamerica (South American Championship), and of course, the World Cup, which spans the entire globe.
Barcelona turned the genius into a disciplined player, who could pass like a playmaker and even became a prodigious tackler. He also became venomously efficient: already, he has scored 200 goals for Barcelona."
No. 4: Lionel Messi
This young man may already be the best soccer player who ever lived. Messi is at least as supreme in his era as Pele and Maradona were in theirs. His haul of club prizes is already more glittering. But to be remembered alongside them, he needs to win a World Cup, and so far, he has disappointed for his country.
Perhaps the secret to Messi’s greatness is that he is both an Argentine and a European player. Born in Rosario in 1987, he grew into the perfect example of the tiny Argentine ballplayer. In fact, he was too tiny: aged 13, he stood just 1.40 meters tall. To reach a normal height, he would need hormone treatments, costing about $900 a month. His steelworker father could not afford it. Luckily Barcelona was persuaded to invite him for a trial game, in which Messi scored five goals. The whole family moved to Catalonia, where every night the boy injected hormones into his feet. He grew to 1.70 metres, just big enough for professional soccer.
Barcelona turned the genius into a disciplined player, who could pass like a playmaker and even became a prodigious tackler. He also became venomously efficient: already, he has scored 200 goals for Barcelona. But the area in which Messi is unmatched is the dribble. He runs at top speed yet with three-quarter steps, allowing him to change direction quicker than any opponent. Because he is always the first to recover his
Barcelona turned the genius into a disciplined player, who could pass like a playmaker and even became a prodigious tackler. He also became venomously efficient: already, he has scored 200 goals for Barcelona."
No. 4: Lionel Messi
This young man may already be the best soccer player who ever lived. Messi is at least as supreme in his era as Pele and Maradona were in theirs. His haul of club prizes is already more glittering. But to be remembered alongside them, he needs to win a World Cup, and so far, he has disappointed for his country.
Perhaps the secret to Messi’s greatness is that he is both an Argentine and a European player. Born in Rosario in 1987, he grew into the perfect example of the tiny Argentine ballplayer. In fact, he was too tiny: aged 13, he stood just 1.40 meters tall. To reach a normal height, he would need hormone treatments, costing about $900 a month. His steelworker father could not afford it. Luckily Barcelona was persuaded to invite him for a trial game, in which Messi scored five goals. The whole family moved to Catalonia, where every night the boy injected hormones into his feet. He grew to 1.70 metres, just big enough for professional soccer.
Barcelona turned the genius into a disciplined player, who could pass like a playmaker and even became a prodigious tackler. He also became venomously efficient: already, he has scored 200 goals for Barcelona. But the area in which Messi is unmatched is the dribble. He runs at top speed yet with three-quarter steps, allowing him to change direction quicker than any opponent. Because he is always the first to recover his