Lionel Messi - Gold Medalist! - Page 9 - TalkSoccer

**lionel** · 02-12-2007, 09:16 AM

Messi was the MOM of the catalunya Derby: Espanyol-Barcelona.(1-1)
Messi assisted the goal of barcelona to iniesta after a 50m dribble and a perfect pass that gave iniesta no chance to miss.

watch the assist. absolute brilliancy.

**lionel** · 02-12-2007, 11:01 AM

Leo Messi 3rd Best Footballer of the year!
only 22 points behind cristiano ronaldo on second spot.

KAKA (AC Milan, Brazil) - 444 points
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, England) - 277 points
Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina) - 255 points

BlackNess · 02-12-2007, 10:23 PM

he will be next year ... no doubt .

Blaugrana · 04-12-2007, 11:13 PM

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Figo outclass Maradona on all expect, pig's head everything.

Argument you should start a new thread about this one .

Indeed. IMO Maradona is the best player ever (far ahead of the traitor)

I agree with the comments before, Messi will defo win this award within the next few years (if he continues his current form of course).

**lionel** · 17-12-2007, 12:48 PM

BAD NEWS: Leo messi got injured in barcelona's match against valencia (where he assisted 2 goals), a knee injury, and he willl miss the game of the season between real madrid and barcelona in the camp-nou next saturday

better news... Messi arrived to zurich were he is supposed to get the award for second best player of the year by FIFA!

**jec1** · 18-12-2007, 12:28 AM

Congrats to messi for finishing second in the fifa world player ballot!

Video FIFA World Player Gala 2007 - Kaka, Messi and C. Ronaldo - fifa, world, player, gala, place - Dailymotion Share Your Videos

Anyone know how tall is messi?

**lionel** · 19-12-2007, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jec1

Congrats to messi for finishing second in the fifa world player ballot!

Video FIFA World Player Gala 2007 - Kaka, Messi and C. Ronaldo - fifa, world, player, gala, place - Dailymotion Share Your Videos

Anyone know how tall is messi?

Messi looked like Isaak Neuton in this gala...

YAY!

#2 is great!

EDIT: messi is 165cm, one cm more than maradona.

**Trim** · 19-12-2007, 10:06 AM

Great achievement, I thought he'd finish 3rd, just like for Ballon d'Or.

ilovpele · 19-12-2007, 02:41 PM

Good that Messi finish 2nd in the ballot. But may I ask who was the 1st place in front of Messi in the balloting?

**lionel** · 19-12-2007, 02:51 PM

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Good that Messi finish 2nd in the ballot. But may I ask who was the 1st place in front of Messi in the balloting?

kaka of course. the brasilian from AC Milan.

kaka got double the points messi got in the voting.

**lionel** · 23-02-2008, 06:24 PM

Messi Wins EFE Award
Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi was awarded the EFE trophy as the best Latin American player in La Liga last season at a ceremony at the Camp Nou earlier today.

Messi was presented with the trophy by EFE president Alex Grijelmo and was joined by his parents, brothers and other family members at the ceremony.

This was the 17th year that EFE have honoured the best Latin American player in La Liga and Messi beat off competition from Daniel Alves and his Barça teammate Ronaldinho to scoop the award, voted for by the members of EFE.

Messi was grateful to receive the award and stated that he hopes to continue to improve as a player in the coming years.

"I want to thank the Agency EFE and all the people who are present, to my family and my captain, Carles Puyol. It is beautiful to be able to receive this prize and it gives me extra motivation to continue grow as a player," he told those in attendance.

Before presenting the award to Messi, Grijelmo spoke in glowing terms of the Barcelona forward, saying that he is an inspiration to kids of small stature who want to become professional footballers.

"Messi is one of those players that I enjoy watching. Today he receives an important prize. They say that he is the new Maradona; he is not very tall, like Butragueño or Aimar, and that is one of the great things about football, that anyone can dream about being a star regardless of their physique," he explained.

Messi becomes the sixth Argentine to win the award, following in the footsteps of Diego Simeone, Martín Herrera, Fernando Redondo, Javier Saviola and Pablo Aimar.

source: Goal.com - Barcelona - Messi Wins EFE Award

**lionel** · 23-02-2008, 06:27 PM

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Messi Senior: I Don't Like The Maradona Comparisons
Lionel Messi’s father Jorge Messi admits that he does not like it when his son is compared to Argentina legend Diego Maradona.

The striker has often been compared to El Pibe D’or for his skill, technique and all round ability as well as the two famous goals he scored in La Liga which are identical to the ones Maradona scored in his England destruction job in World Cup 1986.

However despite being compared to perhaps the greatest player the world has ever seen, Messi senior would rather his son was not likened to Maradona.

“The truth is that I don’t like it when they compare my son with Diego,” Jorge Messi told Sport ES “It’s not possible to compare them because they played in two different eras of football.”

Messi’s father also insists that his son is not phased for enjoying so much success at such a young age.

“He is coping well, if we saw there was a problem then it would worry us but he is taking it well and he understands that we grow slowly but surely.”

Former Barcelona star Hristo Stoichkov was also full of praise for the young star after he picked up an award on Friday.

“No player who has arrived at this club in the past represents what Messi has right now,” added the Bulgarian.

Goal.com - Spain - Messi Senior: I Don't Like The Maradona Comparisons

**lionel** · 20-05-2008, 02:55 PM

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"No quiero que Messi se instale por la derecha. Es mucho más que para instalarse por ese sector. El ex entrenador del Barcelona (Frank Rijkaard) tenía que buscarle un lugar y lo instaló ahí, y él anduvo bárbaro. Pero moviéndose por todo el frente de ataque provocaría desastres, como en la Copa América", aseguró.

En declaraciones a radio 'La Red', de Buenos Aires, Basile sostuvo que este cambio debe ser paulatino "para no afectar el rendimiento" del delantero del Barça y, en ese sentido, agradeció "a Dios" que en breve tendrá con los jugadores 'albicelestes' "18 días para estar todos juntos".

El seleccionador comentó que también quiere probar variantes tácticas para el partido que Argentina jugará ante Brasil en Belo Horizonte el 18 de junio, tres días después de recibir en Buenos Aires a Ecuador.

"Quiero cambiar el sistema para jugar con Brasil, que nos jugó y nos ganó muy bien con un 4-4-2 bien amarrete", destacó en referencia a la final de la Copa América disputada en Venezuela el año pasado, que el equipo brasileño ganó 3-0 al conjunto dirigido por Basile.

El seleccionador argentino aludió al gran nivel futbolístico de los delanteros con que cuenta Argentina y a las críticas que recibe cuando deja en el banquillo de los suplentes a alguno de ellos: "Es increíble los delanteros que tenemos. A mí me dicen que ponga a uno por adentro (por el centro), pero ¿a quién saco? Si pongo a uno tengo que sacar a Messi, a (Sergio) Agüero o a (Carlos) Tevez".

Basile quiere cambiar de posición a Messi | SPORT | Barça

Basile says that he will change his formation against Brasil because he had learned from the copa america final... so untill then he is going to try new formations in the friendly matches and the WC qualifier against Ecuader.
Basile claims that Rijkaard had no other place to put messi but on the right side of attack and La pulga suited himself for that position even though (in his opinion) messi would be better on other positions.
El coco said he won't change messi's role by much, hw will try out somethings and then decide.

**lionel** · 25-06-2008, 07:02 AM

Messi celebrated yesterday his 21st Birthday!

here is a quick summary of his 4 years career at barcelona:

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He made his first team debut when he was just 17, on October 16, 2004 in the city derby at Montjuic, and the fans immediately realised that this player had that something special – fast and accurate, skilful and daring, he is a delight for the football purist.

Incredible Gamper 2005

It was at the Gamper 2005, against Juventus, when rival manager Fabio Capello said he was stunned by this amazing youngster, and the packed stadium saluted his terrific performance as they looked forward to a season of Messi at the Camp Nou.

Star in Europe

Wherever he went, the press had nothing but praise for the way he was coming on as a player. Stamford Bridge was the venue for his finest performance in the Champions League of 2005/06 – where the South American ran rings around Chelsea, and Del Horno in particular, as the club marched triumphantly on their way to victory in Paris.

Like Maradona

They were already comparing him to greatest Argentine footballer of all when in 2006/07 he scored a goal against Getafe that was almost a carbon copy of that ‘best goal ever’ that Maradona scored against England in Mexico 1986. His solo run through several players to slip the ball past goalkeeper Luis García was shown time and time again on global TV networks that week.

The same season, Messi destroyed Real Madrid with a hat-trick, although the game ended in a 3-3 draw.

Now considered one of the world elite, in December 2007 he was named one of the top three footballers on the planet, a veritable phenomenon has arrived. The only concern with Messi is the way he is so prone to muscle injuries – but he is still in only 21 and if the best is still to come, then Messi has the potential to become one of the finest players ever to grace the sport. Many happy returns!

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