It happened in 1997: Newell's 87 category played in the Friendship Cup in Peru and swept away, with a stunning Lionel Messi, wearing number 10. The Twitter account @Messismo10 evoked that participation, which represented the star's first tour outside Argentina. And he did so with a fragment of a video that quickly became viral.
Because of the devilish gambeta of the Flea? Because of his ability to invent goals? No, because of a gesture that speaks of his gift of people. “The final of the Friendship Cup ends. A boy from the rival team collapses from sadness. The 10, who had scored three goals, realizes and is going to console him. It was Messi at the age of 9”, reads the text that accompanies the eloquent images.
The cluster of promises of the rosario group celebrates, while a small opponent drops out of pain due to the sporting stumbling block and another partner assists it. Right away, it seems to be the coach who notices the Argentines about what is happening near the celebration. The little group breaks ranks with Messi at the head. The Flea kneels and talks to the child. His partners on the playing field follow him. Fair Play at its finest.
That contest proved to be a sample of what Leo could offer to the world of football. The striker, now 34, was the top scorer of the tournament: he shouted seven times in the semifinals against Cantolao's 89 category, and three times in the definition against the 87 class of the same team. It was in that duel that he had the attitude celebrated today on Twitter, to the point that the video collected more than 2000 RT and 19,500 “likes”.
In addition, the competition, based on the name (“Friendship Cup”), proposed that children from other countries should stay with local families. This is how Messi stayed with the Mendez, who were left with a great memory of their visit, to the point that in 2012, on a trip of the Argentine national team to Peru, its members approached the airport with an allusive sign.
But the excursion had its complicated moment. It is that the chicken that was served as a welcome did not like today's PSG attacker. William, Kevin's father, the young man who played against Messi on the pitch, narrated the episode: “They were going to take him to the hospital because he passed out, but when he heard that he ordered a drink and went out on the court to face my team, “Before he left he was very kind and he left us his shirt,” he recalled then.
“He was like Oliver Atom of the 'Superchampions', because he always said that the ball was his friend,” recalled the Argentine's former opponent. But he also had a sense of camaraderie, which he proved in that gesture before the defeated, which went viral 25 years later.
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