Lionel Messi en profundidad

Presenter 1:
Lionel Messi es sin duda uno de los mejores futbolistas de su generación y sus grandes logros han hecho que el delantero ya tenga asegurado un sitio en los libros de historia. La superestrella argentina también ha conseguido numerosos premios individuales a lo largo de su carrera, incluido el Balón de Oro y el premio al Jugador del Año de la UEFA Champions League. La impresionante carrera de Messi comenzó en Rosario, Santa Fe, y el jugador revela que el fútbol siempre fue algo que llegó a él de forma natural. (35 segundos).

Messi 1 ES:
At a young age you could always find me with a ball; in my house, in my neighbourhood, I always had a ball with me. (8 Secs)

Messi 2 ES:
My father was a coach at the club Grandoli where I played at first – that’s where all my family played. My brother played there as well, and we spent the weekends there together. My father was a coach there, but it didn’t have much influence on us, as we were still very young. We had a great team, we won all our matches 4-0 or 5-0. It was a nice episode of my life, with the whole family all there at that club. (28 Secs)

Messi 3 ES:
The truth is that I never had a footballer that I was fixed on, or measured myself against. Of course Maradona for all us Argentineans is an impressive and special person, but I didn’t have the luck to watch him play live when I was a child. I couldn’t enjoy what he did, only on video, as something historic. But I didn’t follow a specific footballer; I have always grown in my own way, with my own conditions. (34 Secs)

Presenter 2 ES:
Messi fue fichado por el Barcelona cuando sólo tenía 13 años, e hizo su debut con el conjunto español con 17 años. El argentino no tardó mucho tiempo en dejar los destellos que le han hecho brillar en estadios de toda España y de todo el mundo en los años posteriores, como su habilidad para superar jugadores con el balón en los pies o su magnífica visión de juego, cualidades que Messi ha conseguido mejorar gracias a incontables horas de prácticas y entrenamientos sobre los terrenos de juego. (28 segundos).

Messi 4 ES:
I don’t know. Every player is different, and each one has his own abilities. I think that a player with certain characteristics and abilities can still improve himself and continue to learn things, but I think that we are all different, and we all do it in our own way. As for what a player needs in this position, I don’t know. Any player can play in any position. (28 Secs)

Messi 5 ES:
I also think this is something that can be improved, during training, doing exercises and learning it at a young age. But I also think when you are young, either you have it or you don’t have it. (12 Secs)

Presenter 3:
Uno de los factores que más ha mejorado Messi con los años ha sido su impresionante habilidad de cara al gol. Después de lograr 38 goles en 51 partidos oficiales en todas las competiciones durante la temporada 2008/09, logró 47 en 53 encuentros un año más tarde, antes de dejar atrás la marca de los 50 goles en una increíble temporada 2010/11. El ex ganador de la Bota de Oro europea consiguió marcar para el Barcelona en las finales de la UEFA Champions League de 2009 y 2011, y tal y como nos ha dicho, su hambre de gol es más grande que nunca. (37 segundos).

Messi 6 ES:
First of all, it’s due to the style that the team plays. The number of chances that we create in attack makes it easier to score, so I have more chances when we get to the opponents goal. Another aspect is the confidence I have now. Maybe when I started, in my first year, it took me some time to score, and it was difficult for me to get close to the opponents goal. It just took me more effort, but now with the confidence I have, it’s a lot easier. (27 Secs)