Argentine star played his
first game in the league against Espanyol, who sought his services on loan.
Thursday will see the next special occasion for the
Argentine star Lionel Messi, where it will mark the tenth anniversary of the
game's first official league shirt giant Catalans.
Ten years full of collective and individual achievements, Messi
confirmed of which he is one of the best football players in history, led the
team to many continental and local titles, led by coaches Frank Rijkaard and
Spaniard Josep Guardiola, also winning four golden balls as the best player in
the world.
In front of Espanyol the sixteenth day of October 2004,
Messi came down the pitch for the first time in the Spanish La Liga as a
substitute for Portuguese nationality Brazilian-born Deco during the game
against Espanyol in the "derby" Catalonia ".
In that game Messi did little, but he drew the attention of
officials at Espanyol, who have been watching the evolution of the performance
of "Flea" even submitted an offer to sign him on loan with the end of
the season with the aid of a recommendation from the coach age groups then
Josep Manel Casanova.
"Blaugrana" was full with great names that remind
them along with Deco, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o and Henrik Larsson and
Spain's Xavi Hernandez and Eidur Gudjohnsen, so Barcelona was not able to
benefit the largest possible form of services young Messi, who was also
suffering from problems relating to legal passport, so he was not traveling so
much, and even though these reasons Barcelona refused to alienate the promising
youngster because he knows full well that as a treasure that will reveal his
importance with the passage of days, which is what actually happened.
Messi stayed in the ranks of Barcelona, and once preparations
started for the new season, he got his chance, but gave a great performance in
the Joan Gamper Cup match against Juventus in "Camp Nou".
Since then, Messi's life changed in a way did not expected by anyone.
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