Pique is a staunch Catalan, and this kid treats every game against Real Madrid like a war.
Messi smiled shyly. He didn't think too much. He would take every opponent seriously, and the name Real Madrid would indeed make Messi more motivated.
He knows how difficult it is for him to still stand on the football field and play football, so he cherishes the opportunity of every game more than anyone else.
There is no doubt about Messi's talent, which is also the key reason why Newell signed a contract with Messi on March 21, 1994. After all, Messi was only 3 months away from his 7th birthday at that time. Unfortunately, Messi was 11
When he was young, he was diagnosed with insufficient secretion of growth hormone and had to receive injection treatment. At that time, the height of this 11-year-old child was about the same as that of an 8 or 9-year-old child.
Short stature became Messi's first obstacle to becoming a professional player. During the trial training with He**, Messi scored 10 goals, but He**'s reaction was, "His performance is excellent, but young people
The team members think he is too short, not to mention we have to solve the problem of his food and accommodation." In this way, He ** passed Messi.
Later, a doctor pointed out that the cause of Messi's illness was related to nutritional deficiencies. Argentina is rich in the best beef in the world and has the best cheese in the world, but that does not belong to Messi. Messi eats potatoes and
The carrots are grown, and there is no oiliness in the soup. Playing football consumes a huge amount of energy, so obviously the nutrition cannot keep up.
If he wants to become a professional player, Messi must receive treatment, and the huge cost of treatment is beyond the reach of the family. At that time, Messi’s father Jorge’s monthly salary was 1,600 pesos, but the cost of treatment alone was 1,600 pesos per month.
It cost 900 pesos, more than half of the family's income. Jorge hoped that Newell would pay part of the cost, but the club only came up with a measly 300 pesos, which was far from enough.
At a critical moment, Messi met the noble man in his life, Tournini, a scout who has been looking for young players for Barcelona in South America for many years. With the help of Tournini, Messi and his family moved to Barcelona.
Barcelona sports director Rexach did not hesitate to sign a contract with Messi after watching his training and games, and arranged for the club to treat him. From this moment on, Messi's road to stardom finally began with difficulty.
At this time, Messi does not know his future height. He only knows that he should take every game seriously and play well with his heart.
"How tall is Messi?" Li Ang asked assistant coach Banderas.
The latter looked at the piece of paper in his hand, which was the player information officially released by Barcelona, "169cm!"
Li Ang nodded. According to later media reports, Messi's height was about 170cm, which is about the same as now. It seems that Barcelona's treatment effect is very good. Although the height of 169cm is still short among football players,
That's enough for Messi!
And precisely because of his relatively short height, Messi is faster and more flexible than others.
After the players, it is the coaches who enter the court.
Ribilanova, the head coach of Barcelona's under-17 youth team A, walked towards Leon and extended his hand to express friendship with his opponent. He is truly one of Barcelona's own and was a member of the La Masia youth training camp during his player days.
However, his football talent was average. He later played in some small teams. After retiring, he returned to Barcelona and started coaching from the youth team. He made contributions to the youth training of La Masia in recent years. Messi and these small teams
The players were carefully trained by Vilanova.
Li Ang did not recognize the man who later served as the head coach of Barcelona. What surprised him was the middle-aged man standing two or three meters behind Vilanova. He was half bald, with a big nose and bright eyes.
This person is not a coach of any echelon of Barcelona, but he has the supreme status in La Masia. This is a Dutchman, his name is Johan Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona!
"Why is Cruyff here?" A trace of doubt flashed through Leon's mind.
"Mr. Li Ang -" Vilanova looked a little embarrassed. He stretched out his hand but received no response. This Real Madrid coach seemed to be in a daze. Of course, you can't be sure whether this person is really in a daze or is deliberately neglecting and neglecting him.
humiliation.
"Ah, hello..." Li Ang shook hands with Vilanova absentmindedly. His eyes did not even look at the Barcelona coach in front of him. Cruyff's appearance shocked Li Ang and even made him panic. At this moment, he
My mind is full of questions such as "Why did Cruyff come here?" "What is his intention here?" "Who is commanding Barcelona in this game?" Because if Cruyff is commanding Barcelona
If so, this is tantamount to a huge crisis for Li Ang. Although Cruyff is old, you can't deny that this Dutchman is the most familiar with Barcelona's football philosophy, because this football philosophy is this
Made by the Dutch. The old fox is the hardest to deal with.
It was precisely because he was thinking about these issues in his mind that Li Ang's thinking was a little confused. Therefore, he responded to Vilanova's courtesy handshake a little too casually, so he seemed disrespectful.
This naturally made Vilanova unhappy, and the always good-tempered gentleman was also angry. On the one hand, he was neglected, and on the other hand, he believed that this was a deliberate humiliation of Barcelona by Real Madrid. This is the most disrespectful thing for a Barcelona native.
Tolerable.
Vilanova snorted and walked away.
"Lee, you were so rude just now." Pablo Banderas reminded him with a frown.
"Ah? What?" Leon looked at his assistant and answered the question, "What do you think Cruyff is doing here?"
On the sidelines, Rodriguez, the head of the Chamartin youth training base, had a serious look on his face. Candelaria was slandering, "Sir, what the Chinese did just now was really rude. This is discrediting Real Madrid."
"
Rodriguez did not speak, but took a deep look over there. This game with Barcelona was an excellent opportunity for him to drive away Leon.
Cruyff was chatting with Vilanova. His eyes were always staring at Messi on the court.
Li Ang understood that the godfather of Barcelona should be here to observe Messi and his friends. After Messi came to Barcelona, he was deeply loved by Cruyff. The Dutch have always paid close attention to Messi's growth, and Real Madrid
The game was obviously an opportunity to test the performance of Messi and others, so Cruyff came to the scene to watch the game.
Now that he has determined Cruyff's intention here, Leon is not so worried.
On the court, Messi is warming up. He seems very confident and does not have stage fright. His different growth experience from his peers has sharpened him and made Messi relatively more mature.
Li Ang scratched his head. The key to today's game was whether he could guard Messi. To be honest, even though he had made a lot of preparations, Li Ang was not sure.
Cruyff's arrival caused some commotion among the fans watching the game on the sidelines. The godfather of Barcelona actually came to watch this youth team game. This was big news.
"Hey, look over there, that's the Dutchman!"
"Why is he here?"
There was also a commotion among the reporters. This was a national derby for a junior team under the age of seventeen. There were not too few reporters, not many, and most of them were relatively young rookie reporters. After all, this was only a youth level.
However, the arrival of Cruyff made these reporters very happy. The godfather of Barcelona came to Madrid from Barcelona to watch a youth level game. This was big news.
When Cruyff passed by Leon, he glanced at him in surprise. He seemed not to have thought that the head coach of Real Madrid's under-17 youth team A was like this. Leon's age was enough for Cruyff to
The husband was surprised, not to mention his oriental face.
Vilanova was still unhappy about what just happened, and Cruyff patted him on the shoulder, "If you feel humiliated, then get rid of them! Let them pay for everything just now!"
Obviously, Cruyff also believed that Li Ang deliberately used such a disrespectful way to show off Barcelona.
An age coach treats the other coach in such a rude way and then gets psychological satisfaction? It is really childish and ridiculous.
This is the first impression minus points.
The godfather of Barcelona did not have a good impression of the young coach.
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