Messi

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El Pibe de Oro. The Golden Boy. Diego Maradona's unwaning shadow looms large over world football. In 2007 the brilliant Argentine chose Lionel Messi as his successor to the famous No. 10 shirt. But you can never be sure that potential will be fulfilled. Three years later Messi
- El Pulga the Flea
- is a European Champion Olympic Gold Medallist the most naturally gifted footballer on the planet & a hero to millions of fans across the globe. Champions reporters & coaches blunder time & time again in their haste to find superstars. This time they got it right. Aged only 22 he shows a degree of maturity rarely seen on the soccer pitch. Yet underneath the layers of footballing brilliance he is still the shy boy who describes his Maradona moment with disarming simplicity: 'I saw the gap & I went for it.' Transcending both club & country he is a sporting god who prefers homemade cookies to brand name perfumes. Author Luca Caioli draws on exceptional testimonies. Messi's parents Celia & Jorge his bother Rodrigo & his uncles & aunts; his coaches at Grandoli & Newell's Old Boys; Charly Rexach Alex Garcia Frank Rjikaard Gianluca Zambrotta from Barcelona; Hugo Tocalli Pancho Ferrero el Coco Basile Roberto Perfumo from Argentina. & to conclude Leo Messi himself sizes up his life so far.