Nobody and I mean NOBODY in the Sport of Football was someone even defended this way. The way teams had to defend him, some even tried to take him out of the game by injuring him. You can Google highlights of Real Madrid defenders literally pulling him with their whole body weight, kicking him, stomping him. And for him to always be compose, at least on the outside and just play football. He is the GOAT.
@@unmixedd messi is lucky he didn't start his carrer as a centre forward in thar era ,if not he would have had many injuries because of his playing style and ability to dribble , think of what Ronaldo da Lima R9 suffered as a result .
dude just watch one single game you immediately get the feel he is one of the best player you've seen people who say x player is better than him has no knowledge of football trainers, footballers included as capello said There are 3 genius Pele Maradona Messi ...
@@skiski508 amazing player. Injuries killed him. Not sure he is a genius but definitely one of if not the finest no 9 the world has and will ever know. Messi Maradona and Pele saw things that didn’t exist in the eye’s of everyone else. Tbh Messi more so than Pele and Maradona. Ronaldo was pure pace Brazilian trickery and precision, I loved him but he is not on Messi’s level, Pele or Maradona’s.
This was the first time I saw Messi play. I had heard rumours about him being a bit special, but I was sceptical, and was thinking, ok, now let's see how good you really are! Before the game was over, I was telling people that this kid is one of the best players that I have ever seen. It just completely blew my mind to see someone his age dominating against big-name players like Makelele, Robben, and Terry. And from then on, I just knew that he would be the best player in the world. You could just tell from the way he moved that he had something that no one else did.
that was ugly from chelsea fans, delhorno tried to end messi"s career before it even starts with that stuts tackle to his knee, and then clatters into him again without getting the ball, and theyre booing Messi?? people are such sheep
@@SombreroFlicksyou don’t need VAR to see how horrific and frequent the tackles are. You could tell from the beginning of the game that someone was going to be sent off.
I honestly don't get the fuss... No goal, no assist, defenders contained him in almost all situations and he was playing as physical as the defenders (except that he was lacking the strenght). The red card was very hard as well
same here. at the time, i (stupidly) thought messi was overrated because i was only focused on the EPL, but seeing what he did that night, on that disgrace of a pitch no less, made me a believer
@@rௐண the U-20 WC is the tourney played in Toulon, right? i saw highlights of that tournament, but i was still too stupid to see his potential. it took watching the full UCL match against chelsea for me to see... there are so many aspects to Messi's game that you cant appreciate unless you see an entire match (to me at least)
That's one of the most disgusting tackles I've ever seen. Seeing that infuriated me because anyone who has played the game knows that challenge has nothing to do with football. They were out to end his career in this match because some of the kicks deserved assault charges.
This is the game i show people who are stupid to think Messi couldnt have done this in England against Stoke! Excuse me, look at the pitch and look at how physical the game was and he was still dominating
He didn’t need to play there, though. I came to the unpopular conclusion that epl has been overrated for a long time. Both UCL & Europa results low key support this argument - where a mid level Spanish squad like Sevilla was spanking Man U a few times. And even “top” English players from a national tourney scope have been underwhelming for a long time.
@richardnanayawrichie6957 He didn't need to play in the Premier League for us to see him regularly destroying the best Premier League teams in the Champions League. Weaker players than Messi like Aguero, Suarez, and Sanchez dominated the Premier League for years. It's obvious to anyone with a brain that in his prime, he'd be the best player in any league that he played in. It's only irrational people who try to claim that he couldn't have done well in "the prem."
@@monasagain when it comes to the Ballon d'Or ranking in 2007 Kaká finished first and got the award, Ronaldo finished second and Messi third. In 2008 Ronaldo finished first and got the award and Messi finished second.
Barca fan here. Barcelona NEVER and I mean NEVER dominated chelsea in any of those match ups. Never. Go watch any of those matches. They played vs 10 men here by the way.
Teammates didn’t even know how to make runs off his dribbles yet 😂. He was soo ahead of everyone. In his teen years he would make perfect low crosses from the baseline to no one because teammates didn’t think he would be able to pull it off. Or beat the defender. They realized quickly.
See.. its all about trust.. i was thinking.. “why is he making so many passes to empty spaces.. his teammates underestimated his ability to go through defenders and give them the ball
They very well knew how to make runs off his dribbles.. It's just no one expected a teenager to play brilliant passes and through balls like that. They underestimated his abilities but soon they realized he's the next big thing
Messi was a god back then Speed of Henry Header of shevshenko Dribble of mardona Skill of Ronaldinho Defending of Cafu Athleticism of Cannvaro Finishing of van basten The best ever
@@yarielhernandez929 funny to think that he was just speculating at that point, having seen some incredible players come up and come through in his life, his words were so prophetic.
It's amazing watching this almost 20 years later - the commentators were in such awe, and no one ever had any idea how good he was going to be. Truly amazing.
No one ever thought Messi will go on and become the best player in the history of football. I couldn't watch this game coz of anxiety. This was 2006. We are in 2024 wow
I did. I watched this game, and thought he was one of the best players I had ever seen. I could tell just from this match that he had something that no one else did.
Andy Gray could only have known as much as any of us back then but in this match, he told everyone what Messi would end up doing. The only thing he got wrong was that if Messi continued to learn, he’d be unplayable at times. Bro is still unplayable now in his own way, 20 years later. What a player what a career. Andy Gray knew.
This match was the first time I had ever seen Messi play, and even I knew, just from this one game. Before the match was over, I was telling people that this kid was one of the best players that I had ever seen.
It’s amazing that for many years, Messi played like this while having crazy goals/assists/chance creation stats! It’s only right that he finally won the world cup and completed football while being the player with the most individual awards and trophies won. No other player comes close to Messi 🐐
I like the edit where Mourinho is bitching that they were acting and immediately shown those criminal fouls. And no penalty received for that ridiculous foul of Terry
You see why it's annoying to hear Chelsea fans later say they were robbed in some games with barca?? In this early days of our encounters, they got away with many bad tackles.
@SombreroFlicks that's for sure, no argue about, but I'm thinking about the clear nasty play from mou teams back then and also real Madrid nasty play especially against Messi
I remember it like it was yesterday. Mourinho was so dirty, that he had asked his players to play dirty, asked the football pitch to be destroyed so that Messi and Ronaldinho couldn't dribble.
@@NordicSpice_ yes it entirely wrong to say Mourinho asked so, but I'm not with you when you say messi was owned here, I just can't understand you and you are opposite to what the highlights show here, even if you mean by results which I don't remember, keep in mind messi was just 18yrs here and still played like a legend.
@@lauragallardo1593 This is 100% TRUE. South American pitches ara for shyt. That pitch, that day, looked like a billiards table to Messi, Deco and Dino..
The fact that this is the best team in term of defence in the history of EPL and they were struggling to cope with 18 y/o messi is even more impressive. Messi progression from wonderkid to world class also so impressive, he learned a lot from star players around him as we can see attributes of ronaldinho, xavi ,iniesta ,busquet, pep, deco, henry, eto, and so on combined and become the GOAT messi. Messi do work hard and smart.
Wow! Watching this all over again reminds me of prime Messi. No comparison between Messi and Yamine Lamal. No disrespect to Lamal but I think for all he is doing now at his age, Messi did a whole lot more at that age.
Messi's first professional game for Barça was at current Yamal's age: 17 years and 4-5 months old. In this video, he was 18 years and 8 months old. Yamal played the semifinal against France before his 17th birthday.
This was the match. I was 14 or 13 and r10 was top of the world. I went to a family dinner and some Chileans asked me who is my favorite player. My own family KNEW I had been singing dinhos praises. Absolutely magical. But on the car ride there, I saw this posted on google videos. The Chelsea match. Being little, I had never seen someone so small be so strong. The battle with arjen, him beating him as arjen fell… he was fearless at such a young age. The comments here are very true. He was a boy here, fearless of the mourinho men. And Messi was better younger. He didn’t give a fuck WHO you were. Those ankles are done. You could be 6’6 it didn’t matter. He’s chopping you down. This related to me. I believed in myself and eventually I became pretty good. Seeing this match was crucial for me in so many levels of mentality in life, beyond the beautiful game. At the dinner, I said Messi. And most of the casuals were like WHO?!? and some who knew were like.. okayy..? I swear to god this is the clear truth Messi the greatest in my eyes One of the greatest failures in my life was not seeing him life, in the camp nou. If I adopt or have kids, if there is someone this inspiring. We will see him/her in the front lines of the stadium. Idc. I’ll sell the house. I can’t imagine how inspiring this kid was in person. Fucking heavyweight of heavyweight
I think the subtitles may be a bit off at the beginning. In Spain, when we say "teatro" as in "theatre", when Mourinho mentions it on 0:19, it refers to a player who is faking his injuries or diving all the time, as opposed to "spectacle", which suggests that the player is an entertainer. That's why they show those clips of the Del Horno tackling Messi at the beginning while Mourinho says it's "teatro". It's ironic.
I saw _"the other guy's"_ first game at 18 yrs old--3 years prior to this gme--and there was no comparison to what I felt in this game in terms of 'wow' factor
we are so blessed that Leo never had any career altering injury, the tackles in display here are just absolutely horrible and there are literally hundreds of videos like this
Absolutely nobody who watched Messi from the beginning of his career doubt that he is the Goat. Fenómeno without injuries could have been as good as him.
You are spot on. That's a horror tackle by Del Horno. He should have been banned for many games. Amazingly, this Messi guy didn't even milk it but rather played on.
The best football ever was played in those decades. Starting in the 90s, peaking 2000 and declining towards end of 2010 as more and more money started to rule the game. Before the 90s and the total football , the game was also beatiful but more slower and spaces were huge. Today is about muscles and money. The names on the pitch only that day, Lampard, Terry, Robben, Makelele, Cech, Ronaldinnho, Eto'o, Deco, Puyol, Iniesta.
Last night at the age of 37 , Messi scored a hatrick with 2 assist against Bolivia , do u believe it he was involved in 5 goals , we are lucky to witness greatness ❤
I remember this match. Del Horno was playing criminal football, he should have been red carded way before he actually get sent off. Messi made a fool of the entire Chelsea team that day.
Love your videos. Also make video about his 2018 WC qualifier performance.His comeback and helped Argentina to qualify for WC was epic and not talked much.
My goodness! This is my club Chelsea! Why on earth are they killing a teenager?! How on earth xid Messi have a long illustrious career. Man has been kicked for almost 20 years! 😅😂 I can see how Yamal's career will go if he stays fit. Yamal is this special.
This match and Juventus made me believe he has the potential to be the best in this generation. This coming from the Royal Club (Real Madrid) fan. In the match Barca won 5-0. It was the time I realized I am seeing the greatest player player of this generation if not all generation. The way he played against the big names and got fouled again and again brutally but still destroyed them. I will always be a Madrid fan, but no one, NO ONE plays like Messi. Almost feels like a different game.
I watched him during 2006 and 2007, but I was thinking that he had to prove himself without the help of Dinho. And boy, did he shatter my doubts once Dinho left.
@@SombreroFlicks fun fact the 2006-07 season was the period where Ronaldinho started to go downhill and Messi started to take over Barcelona. Pep made a good decision when he decided to sell Ronaldinho to Milan and to make Messi the biggest star in Barcelona in the 2008-09 season. You can see where their careers went after that. Some other coach may have kept Ronaldinho in 2008.
Imagine being a pro you’re one of the best you basically solidified yourself as one of the best to play the game you’re at your peak everyone knows you a superstar and then you face Barcelona you hear of this kid that’s making a buzz and you think it’s another flashy player after all you were called a rising star that’s how you got here at the start of the game you see the kid a short one skinny and frail you think you can take him on show them there’s nothing special about him and it’s all talk But then you face him you try to take the ball away from him but it’s like the ball is glued to his foot You can’t keep up it’s like he’s here one second and he’s gone by the next his speed it’s like he has an engine on his back his passes it’s like he has eyes everywhere you can’t touch him you see you’re team mates struggle you faced many good and talented players and you stopped them time and time again but this kid it seems like yall can’t catch this Leo Messi guys he’s something…
Am a messi fan but i started watching him after he 26 or 27 but now am realise how he become the best young footballer also best current aged footballer ! I almost watched messis all career starting games and one thing I clearly understand messi was the only youngster player conceded most fouls! He was just destroying all the big players he was a scare to others 🙌🏻
Don't forget the fact that Messi was only 17 years old here but was terrorising the whole Chelsea team with experience and world-class players back then.
I haven't seen a pitch that bad since the 80s, anyone know why it was so turfed up? Pitches were well maintained by this point and I don't remember Stanford Bridge being like this.
We forgot, at least those of us who are old enough, how football was more violent and such a physical game compared to nowadays. Any of these strong tackled today would definitely be red in most cases. I kinda miss that aspect of the game and also this makes you respect Messi even more since he was able to play like that during the times when the game was this physical when he was just a teenager. The other player I know that also got subjected to a lot of physicality to stop him was Maradona. All the young kids today have it easy.
I miss that aspect also, there was conflict and drama making such memorable games. But it also ended the careers of several talented footballers so i understand why the sport has become softer.
People say if only Ronaldinho had 5 more years... There's a problem with that statement. Five more years of tip-top form of Ronaldinho would not have paved the way for Messi in the way that it did for his career. Ronaldinho needed to fall off for Messi to be the man.
It was a kid with rare talent but since Roaldinho was the best at the time, all eyes were on him. After Messi had some iconic performances (Ankara Messi goal, hattrick vs Real Madrid at 19, vs Chelsea in 2006) people started to take notice. When the Guardiola era started in Barca, he simply became the best.
When people say you cannot compare eras, what they could mean is that Maradona had this treatment in every game for his whole career. Every great player had this treatment. They changed the rules, to make the game more clean and based on attack.
some kid from Korea way too good , they said he’s the only player that beat out Messi record at acedemy . but then , everyhting is about Messi , so they had to destroyed that kid . poor kid . 😢
If you mean Lee Seung-woo, the board made a mess with his signing, they didn't destroy him because he was better than Messi. You don't invest a ton of money and resources on cultivating talents only to block them out if they become too good.
Messi deserves everything he got. He was basically a child here and look at how they're clattering into him.
He's the most fearless player I know.
It must have been so frustrating to have a kid toying with your defensive tactics.
Besides talents, Leo Messi had balls
@@ja586man went face to face with master of physical battles sergio ramos😂 what makes you think otherwise
Nobody and I mean NOBODY in the Sport of Football was someone even defended this way. The way teams had to defend him, some even tried to take him out of the game by injuring him. You can Google highlights of Real Madrid defenders literally pulling him with their whole body weight, kicking him, stomping him. And for him to always be compose, at least on the outside and just play football. He is the GOAT.
@@unmixedd messi is lucky he didn't start his carrer as a centre forward in thar era ,if not he would have had many injuries because of his playing style and ability to dribble , think of what Ronaldo da Lima R9 suffered as a result .
"when he learns the game a bit more, he will be unplayable at times." such a powerful quote from the commentator
dude just watch one single game you immediately get the feel he is one of the best player you've seen people who say x player is better than him has no knowledge of football trainers, footballers included as capello said There are 3 genius Pele Maradona Messi ...
@volkanoovski would you not throw R9 in there?
@@Volcanu5 great name mate... volk is the goat
@@skiski508 amazing player. Injuries killed him. Not sure he is a genius but definitely one of if not the finest no 9 the world has and will ever know. Messi Maradona and Pele saw things that didn’t exist in the eye’s of everyone else. Tbh Messi more so than Pele and Maradona. Ronaldo was pure pace Brazilian trickery and precision, I loved him but he is not on Messi’s level, Pele or Maradona’s.
@@dula04goat of getting slept out cold(sry couldn’t resist i love volk)
This was the first time I saw Messi play. I had heard rumours about him being a bit special, but I was sceptical, and was thinking, ok, now let's see how good you really are! Before the game was over, I was telling people that this kid is one of the best players that I have ever seen. It just completely blew my mind to see someone his age dominating against big-name players like Makelele, Robben, and Terry. And from then on, I just knew that he would be the best player in the world. You could just tell from the way he moved that he had something that no one else did.
The same here . I heard rumors, and when I saw him play this Chelsea the way he did, I understood.
Really interesting do you think Yamal ignites the same feeling as well?
Same here
Who gives a fuck If ‘you’ were skeptical, who the fuck are you? 😂
@@warren2948nah yamal isn’t even close to what Messi was
that was ugly from chelsea fans, delhorno tried to end messi"s career before it even starts with that stuts tackle to his knee, and then clatters into him again without getting the ball, and theyre booing Messi?? people are such sheep
Before VAR booing the player and the ref was to be expected since they couldn't be sure if the decision was the correct one.
Honestly I love the jeers and the booing it gives the game a fire about it
Expect nothing less from Chelsea fans
@@SombreroFlicksyou don’t need VAR to see how horrific and frequent the tackles are. You could tell from the beginning of the game that someone was going to be sent off.
I honestly don't get the fuss...
No goal, no assist, defenders contained him in almost all situations and he was playing as physical as the defenders (except that he was lacking the strenght). The red card was very hard as well
That was the day he won me over. Since then I've been following his career, although I am not a Barcelona fan.
same here. at the time, i (stupidly) thought messi was overrated because i was only focused on the EPL, but seeing what he did that night, on that disgrace of a pitch no less, made me a believer
Love you
Then u should've seen what he did the year before at the U-20 World Cup and against Juventus in a pre-season game a couple mnths after tht
@@rௐண the U-20 WC is the tourney played in Toulon, right? i saw highlights of that tournament, but i was still too stupid to see his potential. it took watching the full UCL match against chelsea for me to see... there are so many aspects to Messi's game that you cant appreciate unless you see an entire match (to me at least)
@@rௐணthat U20 World Cup performance was when I knew he would be the next big thing.
2:14 that was clearly a red card before the eventually red. Del horno didn't come to that game to play football, dude just came to do José's bidding
That's one of the most disgusting tackles I've ever seen. Seeing that infuriated me because anyone who has played the game knows that challenge has nothing to do with football. They were out to end his career in this match because some of the kicks deserved assault charges.
Criminal tackle. Messi was just a teenager pretty much. That CB wanted to break his knees.
He played the ball first and it was no insanely risky. Never a red card
@@karagounis9469 lol stfu already you clown , you don t know shit
Mediocre left back almost end greatest player of all time career
This is the game i show people who are stupid to think Messi couldnt have done this in England against Stoke! Excuse me, look at the pitch and look at how physical the game was and he was still dominating
The ones saying that have to be in their early 20’s 🤣
That… or they’re hardcore Ron fans lol
If he played in English Premier League for 2 years or 3 . We could have that conversation but he didn't so don't bring it up👍
He didn’t need to play there, though. I came to the unpopular conclusion that epl has been overrated for a long time.
Both UCL & Europa results low key support this argument - where a mid level Spanish squad like Sevilla was spanking Man U a few times. And even “top” English players from a national tourney scope have been underwhelming for a long time.
@richardnanayawrichie6957 He didn't need to play in the Premier League for us to see him regularly destroying the best Premier League teams in the Champions League. Weaker players than Messi like Aguero, Suarez, and Sanchez dominated the Premier League for years. It's obvious to anyone with a brain that in his prime, he'd be the best player in any league that he played in. It's only irrational people who try to claim that he couldn't have done well in "the prem."
@@sebfox2194 precisely. 👌🏽
"Yo Rijkaard who tf is that little Kid" Every coach during 2006-2008
😂
@@akemihomura6396 more like during 2004-2006. The 2006-07 season was when Messi started to rise. He finished third in Ballon d'Or voting in 2007.
@@monasagain when it comes to the Ballon d'Or ranking in 2007 Kaká finished first and got the award, Ronaldo finished second and Messi third. In 2008 Ronaldo finished first and got the award and Messi finished second.
You have a Barcelona with a team from another planet here. Total domination. If only Ranaldihno kept up 5 more years with young Leo....a dream.
Prime Messi with Prime Ronaldinho would've been unfair.
@@SombreroFlicks ...and a total joy to witness them together !!
Barca fan here. Barcelona NEVER and I mean NEVER dominated chelsea in any of those match ups. Never. Go watch any of those matches. They played vs 10 men here by the way.
I think its safe to say leo didn’t need him 😂
@youngerudit2524 they did dominate - did you see the penalties and cards not given ? If it was 2024 Barca was winning it 4 - 0
Teammates didn’t even know how to make runs off his dribbles yet 😂. He was soo ahead of everyone. In his teen years he would make perfect low crosses from the baseline to no one because teammates didn’t think he would be able to pull it off. Or beat the defender. They realized quickly.
See.. its all about trust.. i was thinking.. “why is he making so many passes to empty spaces.. his teammates underestimated his ability to go through defenders and give them the ball
Did they not see it in training?
They very well knew how to make runs off his dribbles.. It's just no one expected a teenager to play brilliant passes and through balls like that. They underestimated his abilities but soon they realized he's the next big thing
Ronaldinho on the left, Messi on the right and Eto as the CF . What a beautiful time to watch Futbol
Messi was a god back then
Speed of Henry
Header of shevshenko
Dribble of mardona
Skill of Ronaldinho
Defending of Cafu
Athleticism of Cannvaro
Finishing of van basten
The best ever
Yeah, pretty much.
Defending of cafu seems questionable at best but I do believe Messi is the goat because his prime was simply untouchable
🤦🏼♂️ I can’t believe people actually liked this
What about goalkeeping of Buffon,
Training of Ancelotti,
Writing of Shakespeare,
Acting of Al Pacino,
Painting of Dalì,
Boxing of Tyson?
@@gino_jihai but not crying like penaldo
5:20 "i get the feeling that if he learns this game a bit more, he'll be unplayable at times."
@@yarielhernandez929 funny to think that he was just speculating at that point, having seen some incredible players come up and come through in his life, his words were so prophetic.
It's amazing watching this almost 20 years later - the commentators were in such awe, and no one ever had any idea how good he was going to be.
Truly amazing.
Well said
One could easily make a terrific 8 season documentary of messi's career. This game in particular is legendary. He announced himself to the world here.
Messi has completed football ⚽️ 👏🏼
A sentence that will live on forever
🌟 🌟 🌟 🇦🇷🐐
Ronaldo > Pessi
@@ozymandias2630😂😂.
And a reason for you to say that?
@@ozymandias2630 cry about it 🤡
@@ozymandias2630the only Ronaldo better than Messi just total goals. The rest is for Messi.
No one ever thought Messi will go on and become the best player in the history of football. I couldn't watch this game coz of anxiety.
This was 2006.
We are in 2024 wow
I did. I watched this game, and thought he was one of the best players I had ever seen. I could tell just from this match that he had something that no one else did.
no, alot of people inside barca knew. Including ronaldinho himself
Andy Gray could only have known as much as any of us back then but in this match, he told everyone what Messi would end up doing. The only thing he got wrong was that if Messi continued to learn, he’d be unplayable at times. Bro is still unplayable now in his own way, 20 years later. What a player what a career. Andy Gray knew.
This match was the first time I had ever seen Messi play, and even I knew, just from this one game. Before the match was over, I was telling people that this kid was one of the best players that I had ever seen.
It’s amazing that for many years, Messi played like this while having crazy goals/assists/chance creation stats!
It’s only right that he finally won the world cup and completed football while being the player with the most individual awards and trophies won.
No other player comes close to Messi 🐐
Thanks for this. It is nice to be reminded how the legend was born!
I like the edit where Mourinho is bitching that they were acting and immediately shown those criminal fouls.
And no penalty received for that ridiculous foul of Terry
Terry fouled him and touched the ball with his hand. Still no penalty lol
You see why it's annoying to hear Chelsea fans later say they were robbed in some games with barca?? In this early days of our encounters, they got away with many bad tackles.
@@Charles-zz5btsimple sweet payback by the referee
Mullet Messi was my favorite version; he tried to dribble his man almost every time
If there was VAR back then mourinho teams won't get to finish most of their games due to players sent off...same with real madrid with pepe Ramos ect.
Football was all around tougher 20 years ago.
@SombreroFlicks that's for sure, no argue about, but I'm thinking about the clear nasty play from mou teams back then and also real Madrid nasty play especially against Messi
@@nikolageorgiev2289and with VAR Barcelona players wouldn't get away with all the diving and rolling around
@SpanishBre well probably, also some people may say the semi against Chelsea, but for me there are tens of times more "mistakes" in favor of real...
@@SpanishBrefoolish. Its their way of payback since they can't perform like the opponent.
I remember it like it was yesterday. Mourinho was so dirty, that he had asked his players to play dirty, asked the football pitch to be destroyed so that Messi and Ronaldinho couldn't dribble.
@@NordicSpice_ yes it entirely wrong to say Mourinho asked so, but I'm not with you when you say messi was owned here, I just can't understand you and you are opposite to what the highlights show here, even if you mean by results which I don't remember, keep in mind messi was just 18yrs here and still played like a legend.
south american players can dribble on worst than that pitch , so european thinking of Mourinho 😂🤣,
@@lauragallardo1593 This is 100% TRUE. South American pitches ara for shyt. That pitch, that day, looked like a billiards table to Messi, Deco and Dino..
@@lauragallardo1593 yes agree, on this day all the goals were from crosses though. South American players can adjust to play high as well.
@@lauragallardo1593 For us south americans is nothing we play well more !.
The fact that this is the best team in term of defence in the history of EPL and they were struggling to cope with 18 y/o messi is even more impressive. Messi progression from wonderkid to world class also so impressive, he learned a lot from star players around him as we can see attributes of ronaldinho, xavi ,iniesta ,busquet, pep, deco, henry, eto, and so on combined and become the GOAT messi. Messi do work hard and smart.
Wow! Watching this all over again reminds me of prime Messi. No comparison between Messi and Yamine Lamal. No disrespect to Lamal but I think for all he is doing now at his age, Messi did a whole lot more at that age.
Messi's first professional game for Barça was at current Yamal's age: 17 years and 4-5 months old. In this video, he was 18 years and 8 months old.
Yamal played the semifinal against France before his 17th birthday.
This was the match. I was 14 or 13 and r10 was top of the world. I went to a family dinner and some Chileans asked me who is my favorite player. My own family KNEW I had been singing dinhos praises. Absolutely magical. But on the car ride there, I saw this posted on google videos. The Chelsea match. Being little, I had never seen someone so small be so strong. The battle with arjen, him beating him as arjen fell… he was fearless at such a young age. The comments here are very true. He was a boy here, fearless of the mourinho men. And Messi was better younger. He didn’t give a fuck WHO you were. Those ankles are done. You could be 6’6 it didn’t matter. He’s chopping you down.
This related to me. I believed in myself and eventually I became pretty good. Seeing this match was crucial for me in so many levels of mentality in life, beyond the beautiful game.
At the dinner, I said Messi. And most of the casuals were like WHO?!? and some who knew were like.. okayy..? I swear to god this is the clear truth
Messi the greatest in my eyes
One of the greatest failures in my life was not seeing him life, in the camp nou. If I adopt or have kids, if there is someone this inspiring. We will see him/her in the front lines of the stadium. Idc. I’ll sell the house. I can’t imagine how inspiring this kid was in person. Fucking heavyweight of heavyweight
I think the subtitles may be a bit off at the beginning. In Spain, when we say "teatro" as in "theatre", when Mourinho mentions it on 0:19, it refers to a player who is faking his injuries or diving all the time, as opposed to "spectacle", which suggests that the player is an entertainer. That's why they show those clips of the Del Horno tackling Messi at the beginning while Mourinho says it's "teatro". It's ironic.
I saw _"the other guy's"_ first game at 18 yrs old--3 years prior to this gme--and there was no comparison to what I felt in this game in terms of 'wow' factor
Absolutely no comparison 👌🏽
we are so blessed that Leo never had any career altering injury, the tackles in display here are just absolutely horrible and there are literally hundreds of videos like this
Leo wasn't as explosive after his injury in 2012, but yes thankfully that was his worst one.
"BuT bUt BUt, MrSsi nEvER dId IT iN the PrEMiEr lAguE"
Increible como este equipo debe toda su gloria a un solo jugador
Messi is a Great footballer, take it or leave it ✌🏼☺️
This video is the definition of aura
Absolutely nobody who watched Messi from the beginning of his career doubt that he is the Goat. Fenómeno without injuries could have been as good as him.
See a psychiatrist on my bill😂😂
@@Cannan-w4k just by your comment I already know your age or your nationality. Does it make you think anything?
@@cosasquevanjuntas5405😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡
@@JacobCash420 haha are you ok? If you have any problem you can count on me.
Maradona was HIM , but Messi on the RW is the goat
first time i saw him,i cry along the game,i saw the God of Football,not a human❤
Messi was the best and he still going now he really deserves everything he got and more
Vamos Messi vamos Argentina 🇦🇷
5:50 terry clearly fouled Messi but no penalty 😂
hahahhah
So no ones gonna say it's robbery..bravo chelsea fans
No. Just cause it's Messi, doesn't always mean it's a penalty
@@karagounis9469lol youre braindead
@@karagounis9469that wasn't a foul according to you 😂
2006? Damn time flies bros. The older you get it faster it goes. Believe me.
Correct. 😢
Bro that kick in the leg could have end his career 💀
Messi is probably the footballer that has endured the most career-ending tackles in modern football.
You are spot on. That's a horror tackle by Del Horno. He should have been banned for many games.
Amazingly, this Messi guy didn't even milk it but rather played on.
@@SombreroFlickshe still continues playing after the tackles! No subs! At times he doesn't even fall 😅😂. My goat 🐐
This was the fist time i saw Messi live,i remember thinking wow!. I've lost count of the times I've said wow since.
The 18 year old boy Marked his undeniable role for the upcoming years in this beautiful sport
The best football ever was played in those decades. Starting in the 90s, peaking 2000 and declining towards end of 2010 as more and more money started to rule the game.
Before the 90s and the total football , the game was also beatiful but more slower and spaces were huge.
Today is about muscles and money.
The names on the pitch only that day, Lampard, Terry, Robben, Makelele, Cech, Ronaldinnho, Eto'o, Deco, Puyol, Iniesta.
Last night at the age of 37 , Messi scored a hatrick with 2 assist against Bolivia , do u believe it he was involved in 5 goals , we are lucky to witness greatness ❤
Que grande que es Messi! Sin dudas el mejor jugador de la historia
2:40 the way he shield himself😂 pure instinct
I remember this match. Del Horno was playing criminal football, he should have been red carded way before he actually get sent off. Messi made a fool of the entire Chelsea team that day.
Love your videos. Also make video about his 2018 WC qualifier performance.His comeback and helped Argentina to qualify for WC was epic and not talked much.
Added to the list 🥰
Imagine if young CR had to face this much of physical hostility !!! 🤔
Wonder if that happened crazy huh? Ahha
😂😂😂😂 he played against Chelsea weekly you utter clown.
That Terry play was a double penalty hahaha, kudos for him for pulling it
Goodness me !! Can any player ever dictate terms like Messi did 😮😮
Legend.
Knew from the moment i seen him in this match that he was destined for greatness
90 minutes of trying to injure him😏
Will we ever see something like that ? 🐐
Being just 18 and outshining Ronaldinho, Etoo and Deco is crazy.
Me
A team with Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Deco...
But the most dangerous of them all, was a 18y old boy called Messi!
I remember watching this as a kid. The very reason I fell in love with football.
My goodness! This is my club Chelsea! Why on earth are they killing a teenager?! How on earth xid Messi have a long illustrious career. Man has been kicked for almost 20 years! 😅😂 I can see how Yamal's career will go if he stays fit. Yamal is this special.
This match and Juventus made me believe he has the potential to be the best in this generation. This coming from the Royal Club (Real Madrid) fan. In the match Barca won 5-0. It was the time I realized I am seeing the greatest player player of this generation if not all generation. The way he played against the big names and got fouled again and again brutally but still destroyed them. I will always be a Madrid fan, but no one, NO ONE plays like Messi. Almost feels like a different game.
I watched him during 2006 and 2007, but I was thinking that he had to prove himself without the help of Dinho. And boy, did he shatter my doubts once Dinho left.
@@SombreroFlicks fun fact the 2006-07 season was the period where Ronaldinho started to go downhill and Messi started to take over Barcelona. Pep made a good decision when he decided to sell Ronaldinho to Milan and to make Messi the biggest star in Barcelona in the 2008-09 season. You can see where their careers went after that. Some other coach may have kept Ronaldinho in 2008.
Here Messi was still learning and experimenting, yet menacing to Mourinho's team
Messi, a really big player
The GOAT at work.
Imagine being a pro you’re one of the best you basically solidified yourself as one of the best to play the game you’re at your peak everyone knows you a superstar and then you face Barcelona you hear of this kid that’s making a buzz and you think it’s another flashy player after all you were called a rising star that’s how you got here at the start of the game you see the kid a short one skinny and frail you think you can take him on show them there’s nothing special about him and it’s all talk
But then you face him you try to take the ball away from him but it’s like the ball is glued to his foot
You can’t keep up it’s like he’s here one second and he’s gone by the next his speed it’s like he has an engine on his back his passes it’s like he has eyes everywhere you can’t touch him you see you’re team mates struggle you faced many good and talented players and you stopped them time and time again but this kid it seems like yall can’t catch this Leo Messi guys he’s something…
Am a messi fan but i started watching him after he 26 or 27 but now am realise how he become the best young footballer also best current aged footballer ! I almost watched messis all career starting games and one thing I clearly understand messi was the only youngster player conceded most fouls! He was just destroying all the big players he was a scare to others 🙌🏻
Robben vs Messi. Nice footage!
Don't forget the fact that Messi was only 17 years old here but was terrorising the whole Chelsea team with experience and world-class players back then.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOVIE AT THE BEGINNING?
There was no way mourhino would destroy god gifted left leg.
The leg that took at least 2 UCL finals away from José.
the pitch is unacceptable for this kind of champion league match.
The pitch was part of Jose's match plan.
Yep, totally on purpose by Mou
@@raypinswhat a shit plan!
"Yo Rijkard where tf you found that little kid" every coach 2006-2007
Messi's greatest quality was to take the hits without complaining. He knew he needed to harden. And was quite humble with that kind of talent
If VAR technology was used in this game i think all chelsea player could have received red cad because of lionel messi
2:48 Duh. Dude was fouling him left and right. NEVER even smelled the ball 😂
Del Horno was fighting for his dignity but his inner Pepe got the best of him.
Chelsea made sure the pitch was unplayable first 😂😂
Just mind blowing he was just the kid and he dominated the game.
2:14 Red Card Var 2024
2:44 Deserved.
5:58 Handball Var 2024
What a man Messi is... 👽 🐐
I haven't seen a pitch that bad since the 80s, anyone know why it was so turfed up? Pitches were well maintained by this point and I don't remember Stanford Bridge being like this.
Imagine cheating to that degree and still losing like a group of big blue bitches
Many people point out that it was part of Chelsea tactics at the time, but I have no memory of this so I can't be certain about what took place.
Was the Camp Nou pitch this condition aswell ?
Wow, this guy is good, Barcelona should try to keep him for a long time. Keep up the good work young kid.
2:14 this foul 😮
This should have been the red card instead.
Del horno is disgusting for that
disgraceful should have been an instant red!!!. Can’t believe it poor Messi
They should have booed the pitch at the half, Mourinho turned the pitch into a potato patch to thwart Barça’s passing, spooked etc
Notice how Chealse field is previously "prepared" to recive Barcelona gamestyle...
One of messi's quality people forget to discuss is his steals 🤯
Bro gave his channel name a skill❤️🔥
And he won a world cup almost 20 years later as the best player in the competition. Magic
5:26 Messi had a 101 million lb buyout clause for his contract back in mid 2000's. That's just out of this world.
Woawww so many world legend on this footage
We forgot, at least those of us who are old enough, how football was more violent and such a physical game compared to nowadays. Any of these strong tackled today would definitely be red in most cases. I kinda miss that aspect of the game and also this makes you respect Messi even more since he was able to play like that during the times when the game was this physical when he was just a teenager. The other player I know that also got subjected to a lot of physicality to stop him was Maradona. All the young kids today have it easy.
I miss that aspect also, there was conflict and drama making such memorable games. But it also ended the careers of several talented footballers so i understand why the sport has become softer.
Dude the amount of knocks he receives. Today, such knocks would cause injuries. Dirty players of Mourinho
People say if only Ronaldinho had 5 more years...
There's a problem with that statement.
Five more years of tip-top form of Ronaldinho would not have paved the way for Messi in the way that it did for his career.
Ronaldinho needed to fall off for Messi to be the man.
20 years at the top. Goat
Those tackle is crazy son of a Beach
I wish I got to see messi from the beginning. Like how it started and all
It was a kid with rare talent but since Roaldinho was the best at the time, all eyes were on him. After Messi had some iconic performances (Ankara Messi goal, hattrick vs Real Madrid at 19, vs Chelsea in 2006) people started to take notice. When the Guardiola era started in Barca, he simply became the best.
Hé made Robben look like a fool with that nutmeg
And the rest is history ❤, our own la pulga.
Messi = Magician = GOAT
The sound of Chelsea fans booing Messi, knowing he owns them, is like music to my ears 😂😂😂😂
When people say you cannot compare eras, what they could mean is that Maradona had this treatment in every game for his whole career. Every great player had this treatment. They changed the rules, to make the game more clean and based on attack.
Those who say Messi has not a good run up... Watch it❤️❤️❤️
some kid from Korea way too good , they said he’s the only player that beat out Messi record at acedemy . but then , everyhting is about Messi , so they had to destroyed that kid . poor kid . 😢
If you mean Lee Seung-woo, the board made a mess with his signing, they didn't destroy him because he was better than Messi. You don't invest a ton of money and resources on cultivating talents only to block them out if they become too good.