6 Interesting Facts about Lionel Messi Rarely Known to the Public

Lionel Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina more than 32 years ago. Initially, of course no one would have thought that Messi had a successful career in football.

Now, Messi has become the world's best player. In fact, Lionel Messi is now often referred to as a creature that does not originate from Earth, aka aliens.

Throughout his career, Messi has often been compared to Cristiano Ronaldo, a Juventus player. Even in the last decade, winning the Ballon d'Or trophy has always been won in turn, Messi or Ronaldo.

Messi may be proud about the title achievement. For the Champions League, Messi has often won it. Noted, Messi has won four times with Barcelona.

However, there are some hidden secrets from a Lionel Messi. What are they?

Contract in the Top Handkerchief

Who would have thought, the first contract Messi and Barcelona took place on a handkerchief. The incident was on December 14, 2000, when Messi was still 13 years old.

At that time, Barca Sports Director, Carles Rexach, had a meeting with Messi's father, Jorge, related to contractual matters. Because in a hurry, Rexach did not have time to prepare a contract for Messi.

Finally, Messi's first contract was made on a handkerchief. The contract is currently in the Barcelona Museum. Who would have thought, this handkerchief is currently the most valuable document in the world of football.

Messi and Barcelona meeting 
 

Unlike the rumors, Messi's move to Barcelona is based on the club's willingness to pay for Messi's medical expenses. In fact, local authorities and Newell's Old Boys have also funded the treatment of hormonal disease Messi.

In fact the meeting between Messi and Barcelona was possible thanks to the services of two player agents named Soldini and Montero.

Barcelona fell in love with Messi through video

 Barcelona began to open his heart to recruit a boy from the middle of nowhere after seeing the video Messi. At that time, Soldini (one of the agents mentioned earlier) gave Messi an orange and a tennis ball.

Little Messi then 113 times jugling with oranges and 120 times jugling tennis balls without even falling.

Jago Cook and Doyan Eating

 Messi's favorite dish is Milanesa Napolitana, which is one of the favorite foods in Argentina. Dishes made with various ingredients such as ham, salt, oregano, fried beef, chopped tomatoes, onions, cheese and sugar.

It is not classified as healthy food if consumed too often. When still in command of Pep Guardiola, Messi's excessive love of food caused its own problems. Messi was once dubbed the press as a "porcelain star" because of several injuries related to an unhealthy lifestyle.

A funny incident at the Barcelona headquarters, when Guardiola was forced to remove the Coca-Cola engine facility from the team's training center just to prevent Messi from over consuming it.

But, Messi was also a great cook, as was shown recently in his Instagram account.

Speak Catalan only if you are drunk

Messi rarely speaks Catalan, though he is fluent. However, Messi once spoke Catalan on the bus during the Barcelona champions' successful parade.

Messi, who was drunk at the time, took the microphone and shouted, "Visca el Barça, visca Catalunya there is Argentina, la concha de su madre!"

Barely Defending the Spanish National Team

For Messi, being able to defend the Tango national team is everything. As a teenager, Messi was offered an offer to defend the Spanish national team which he later rejected. The only thing Messi wants is to wear a blue-and-white jersey strip belonging to the Argentine national team.

Because spent all his life in Spain, the name Messi is not too well known in his native country, Argentina. Messi first received an invitation from the AFA (Argentine soccer federation) to defend the Argentina U-20 national team.

The funny thing is, whether typo or did not know, AFA wrote the name Messi as Lionel Mecci.

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