In a way Messi got lucky though, there are less dirty players at the top level nowadays than in the old days, when every team had an enforcer type on their squad.
Messi has had quite literally the perfect career. Greatest mix of talent and hard work. He gradually became even better and better. Avoided big injuries. Won everything with his club and gave the supporters of Barca even more than they dreamt of. He shattered goalscoring and assisting records. Also ended up winning everything he could win with his country. He's in his mid 30s now. Lots of legends retired then, he's still going strong.
And he got to be the protégé of two legends: Ronaldinho Gaucho, The Smile of Football, the first player on winning a pig on a tournament that took place on a Paraguayan prison. Diego Armando Maradona, El Pelusa, the alien that came to Earth to score a goal against a no-legs kiddo and celebrate it like it was a World Cup final.
I miss these days when you started to hear about this kid at Barcelona who was going to become the best player in the world... And then we watched it happen and watched him with awe for the next decade! What a player!
hes sh1t mate he wouldnt survive english football would go back to barca crying like a little girl.....carried his entire life by his teammates either at bara Argentina a super team PSG... FIFA. and QATAR money ..... ur deluded the GOAT wears the portuguese shirt
i remember someone in the R10 documentary saying when they brought Messi to train with the 1st team afterwards Dinho said "are you crazy??" and they went "what, do you think he still needs more time?" and Dinho was like "no, i'm saying he should've already been playing with us!"
Yeah, I once heard an interview with Kobe Bryant, where he told the story of visiting Barca's training and Dinho introduced Messi to him calling him the best footballer itw, and that was when Dinho was the reigning Ballon D'Or champ. Dinho knew it from day 1 how special Leo was.
He was already unstoppable. Damn..that ball stuck to his feet in full speed mode...INSANE . Unbelievable skills when he was 16. That little guy was ready to become GOD. ...And he did. Simply the G.O.A.T.
@@sehu1291 thats just not true bro if that was the case his career wouldve ended very quick if that was the case yet his longest injury he was out for was less than 3 months similar to messi and ronaldo
@@sehu1291 10 assassinations per game and the worst injury he suffered was a broken foot...come on bro be real They were rougher back then but don't make it seem like they were going to war every game
Some of the most genius passes I have ever seen and he is only 16... He sees the game completely different than any other player. Even when the defense keeps a great shape and does their jobs he still finds a pass that no one else on the pitch sees, it is truly incredible.
@@coalscedether i was just looking at that and thinking how much it looked like a world cup play, he already had perfected the movements for that kind of play at 16, its insane
@Ttv Relax Pele isn't even the best in the World. Pele may be the best in the history of World Cup, but not in the world. Same with Cristiano, Cristiano has been the most clinical and lethal goalscorer in the whole world, but Messi is above him. Individual awards speak that
@Ttv Relax so are Ronaldo fans, Ronaldo fans are the most toxic fans out there. Literally you tell them a joke about Ronaldo they'll take it personally and bring out a list of things Ronaldo has won.
Not only Messi, lower divisions in Spanish football (and probably in most countries) defenders tend to be much harsher as they are not as technically skilled and matches don't have VAR and have low audience.
@@kjrom This was in the 2000s, no VAR anywhere and a much more physical football. Now imagine 80s Serie A compared to this 🥴 It's a miracle players like Maradona even made it alive out of that era
@@R9naldo Defenders back then where very weak and not even close to the level of the defenders today, you can clearly notice that from the footages. So maradona was just fine
Every player needs to go through this, you need that later in your carrier. Avoiding tackles is a must have skill. As a defender facing messi, I would (try to) tackle him also. What else can I do?
The striking thing is not the dribbling. His passing and playmaking, understanding of space is just incredible at 16. I have never seen any player with this ability at this age and Messi really lived up to the billing.
Haha yes, you should see Messi playing when he is 7 or 8 years old. Plays with the same exact style and aesthetic. With a spell cast over the ball to keep it in his little force field. Totally insane indeed.
No one is born with anything He started playing when he was 4 years old, he played with his brothers. Because of his small stature he could beat defenders by strength and since he played with ender players he couldn't even run like them so he practiced and developed dribbling and other technical abilities. These things reflect in his nature and behaviour also, since he was small and loved by many so he has always been very much appreciated and he became a team player, thankful to everyone whenever he scores. It's just situations and his love for football that he overcame the difficulties like height etc and practice other aspects to get better. ☺️
When Messi dribbles, it's like he has a gravitational pull on the ball. It never seems to go beyond him, and when it looks like it will, he somehow hooks a foot around it and pulls it back. It's almost hypnotic.
I think lefties have more precision, Puskas, Maradona, Rivaldo, Robben, Bale, Marcello, Di Maria are all genius players and Messi is the king of the lefties.
Nah fam, he sure is a good dribbler, but lets be honest, what messi was dribbling at musialas age cant be compared.Messi is the best dribbler to ever exist, period.
@KARMNYA yeah I agree messi is far superior, but if there was someone in today's football that would be somewhat comparable, it would be musiala, watch him dribble in tight spaces, he has that messi-like touch, doesn't mean he has the same abilities, it just feels similar
For world class players we say 'a legend in the making' after watching these kinds of videos but in Messi's case we'd say 'The GOAT in the making'. He is more than a legend already, he hasn't even retired yet but still.
Yeah it's insane. There are aspects of his current game that are better than ever before. At 32 he is a better freekick scorer for example, which is more important than most of his other attributes. A foul in front of the box is half a penalty.
@@Drizzle600 6 times, the winner of the UCL in the last decade is a spanish club. What more do you want. I know premier league is very competitive but so is la liga. He won't go to premier league just to satisfy the whims of people like you. He is already in the best club in the world.
I still remember the day I saw Messi in the Olympic, I said wow this guy is seriously good.. Cant believe he went on and became the GOAT, yet I'm still here making ends meet.
While he does have natural talent, he grew to become a more complete player, specially next to big players in Barcelona. From an explosive solo player that would take 3 defenders and score a gold he went to organizing the game like Xavi and Iniesta did in the past and still scoring quite a lot. He also became a much stronger player through training because playing his style against stronger players on big teams wouldn't be easy if he was as weak as he was when younger.
You can't compare Messi to CR7. Messi is pure talent and a genius. Yes CR7 is excellent and need to be appreciated. But Messi was and is clearly on a different level altogether.
messi is the product of a person that knew his potential, and he understood that he had a talen which he further evolved. ronaldo had a bit of talent, but is the result of hard work. both is good in their own way!!
@@jalliboy and thats exactly why altough i consider messi the GOAT, i admire CR7 the most... really few people are so hardworking they still are world class past 35 years old.... nowadays you see messi just walking on the field, if he was as hardworking as CR7 is.. he could be the top scorer of Ligue 1, but instead he only has scored 1-2 goals and 4-5 assists. in 7-8 matches played... which is not bad.. but he was certainly better.
@@andresangel8641 same bro I also considered Messi better than Ronaldo but I admired Ronaldo cause of his devotion and hard work many called him arrogant but I believe it's self confidence because he had to sacrified alot not saying Messi didn't sacrifice anyting to be the best but a guy with talent and guy with a little talent but hard work I would refer the guys with little talent but hard work cause not many are born like Messi and the other greats
You'll never know. I mean only 15 years passed between the end of Diego's prime and the beginning of Messi's career, so maybe in another 15 years there could be another talent of that calibre.
@@ursula3438 Hm, I doubt that. The thing with Messi is, you can't possibly imagine how someone could objectively play better football than him. Like how is that even possible or how should it look like? The guy dominated every aspect of the game to almost perfection. He had R9 finishing, he had better dribbling than Maradona, better first touch than Zidane, better decision making and ability to assist than Iniesta and Scholes combined. He is second or third when it comes to free kicks. He is simply the most efficient footballer in history while not having physical advantages over his opponents. There will never be a player that possesses all those traits together. There will be lots of players like Mbappe who are extremely fast and have insanely good finishing capacity, but they will lack other elements to their game that will make them look one dimensional compared to Messi.
@@luxotiica4223 Oh, I'm not the only one who says that. Pep, Xavi and hundreds of football analysts, players and managers have said similar things and even higher praises than mine over the past decade. Are those people spouting bullshit as well or are you a moronic Ronaldo fan?
@@luxotiica4223 Xavi: He didn't use to score so much and now he scores everything, he takes free kicks. And, like Pep [Guardiola] says, he dominates every aspect of the game. We'll never see something similar. Not only because of what he can do, but because of the time that he's been doing it for. Leo, above all, had a talent that is the hardest to achieve: he understood the game. He could pass well and he could dribble around anyone you put in front of him: he used to leave the best defender we had on the ground
Throughout Messi’s career, his most underrated attribute has to be his physicality. Even at the age of 16 he was getting fouled and hit so much but yet he hasn’t suffered many major injuries his career. You can tell that even at this age he was far better than all his peers simply because the only way they could stop him in nearly all these clips to foul him or heavily man mark him. He already seemed like a professional playing with novices at this stage. Look at how seamlessly he gets passed defenders, the space he creates by drawing several opponents towards him, his passing and vision. Absolutely insane. It’s like he knew he was above them already and was just having fun.
If you think about it though, especially at that level it's make or break for those kids. Messi probably indirectly sent some of those kids packing when he defeated them. They'll do whatever it takes to stay on their own teams and of course build a career out of playing soccer.
@muzik note I don't think so tho yes Messi I a generational talent but in the future there might be a player who can arguably surpass him at what he does🙃 that would be me
What makes Messi another level is how even at 12 years of age he played this way. He played the same way on the pitch as he did in training. He was once asked about his dribbling. He said ' i don't aim to dribble past the player its to but the ball into space. '. His shooting improved the stronger he got. He worked hard on freekicks. placement of the ball and studying the defenders. There will never be another football player like Messi,
Omg, that is what i though too.. "just like he watch the whole game from tv" what an unreal vision combined with unreal fastest reaction to enemy movement = GOAT.
Crazy that this footage looks like it’s from the 80s or something. These tackles he’s on the receiving end of are criminal. How he weathered these challenges at such a young age is beyond me. The physicality/aggressiveness he’s dealing with seems almost beyond that of the professional level of higher leagues
Makes me nostalgic for the old FIFA games, back when Messi was also still a teenager and surrounded by all these incredible players like Ronaldinho, Eto, Xavi, Deco, etc, and yet you were still most fascinated with this small little Argentine who had insane amounts of talent at a young age, and you just knew he was going to be something great. It was really exciting times at Barca.
IIRC he was first introduced in FIFA 06 and didn't even had the profile picture. That Barca team was fire, mainly because of Ronaldinho and Eto'o, but this kid added even more spice to that team.
The dribbling is one thing. The passing after dribbling is incomprehensible. He reminds me of Bobby Orr. So glad that Messi never blew his knees out like Orr.
His style is very simple and he is a joy to watch, that is something that nobody can do only Messi. He can beat with one movement without using skills.
How can you say that? He always played for Barcelona who builded their playstyle around him and with Argentina he is not even close to his performances in Barca. Still the goat but just stay with the facts bro
@@gtx9577 On an individual level he has played reapply well for Argentina His international awards say so Just because his team came up short doesn't mean his performances were bad
You haven’t Watched Argentina from 2005 to 2016 that’s why you people say Messi doesn’t perform for Argentina which is the biggest myth he has 70 goals 41 Assists Most assists in copa America history(12) most assists in the world cup(5) 2 best player awards in 2014 and 2015 in copa America and World Cup in international knockout stages he has 4 goals and 12 assists has 22 goals in World Cup qualifiers in the South American qualifiers countries are ranked from 1 to 73 the competition is difficult as a collective Messi hasn’t won a World Cup or copa America but as an Individual he has achieved a lot
Its a miracle that no one broke his leg in his entire career or took out his ACL with how defenders have tried to stop him with the only way they know how. He was truly touched by God and destined for greatness..
I am Argentine, I have a cousin who is Spanish and played in the Barcelona youth team. I remember he called me because an Argentinian had arrived in his class 3 days ago and no one could take the ball away from him during practice... it was Messi
What's amazing about this is that Messi at this young age didn't really do body feints to try to trick the player he just dribbled and cut in and out a lot and used his speed. He had learn to incorporate body feints so that he doesn't get fouled and it gives him extra time to escape the defenders swooping leg
Sometimes I watch this Genius and just Cry because I know how blessed I am as a football lover to live in the same time as this Football God 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Never in the history of man shall we witness something like Messi again.
I didn’t know who he was but when I saw the FIFA under 20 World Cup and when Argentina 🇦🇷 beat Brazil 🇧🇷 I saw Messi as the next greatest player the world 🌎 was going to see the rest is history, I’m 43 and grew up watching Diego,
I remember to had seen Messi croos the streets of Barcelona (near Camp Nou) twice and nobody knows who was him. I reconized him because i had read about him im some sports newspaper.
@luke covill yea same goes with brazilian ronaldo some people say he was more talented then messi,if he played in 2010s he wouldn've been better then messi,not even if he was without injuries
Pep is Van Gaal creation, Van Gaal is Rinus Michels apprentice, Rinus was inventor of tiki taka and he has bring that in Barca, since Rinus until Xavi Iniesta and Messi tiki taka aka total football wasnt on map, Similar style had Brian Clough also but he was stubborn bastard with to much confidence for that time, otherwise Leeds back then would become limitless club in football, Cloughy was best trainer manager England had ever, total football
@QWECY meh Messi was always gonna be barca 10 . Ronaldinho called it when Messi was 18 . Everyone knew it . The thing was to wait till he was mature and robust enough to not get injured
@Despize Perform He never said that this turn is the reason he's the greatest, stop over-analyzing man. He's just saying it's little things like these that Messi does day in day out every year in all the games that sets him apart, his IQ is clearly above any other footballer
Messi has been blessed with longevity in his career, something many other supremely talented players have not had (e.g R9 - arguably the best former forward player in the world).
Casi todos querían lastimarlo por la desesperación y la impotencia de no poder detenerlo... increíble que no lo consiguieron 😱 Definitivamente el mejor jugador de todos los tiempos.
ppl would say he looks like he's in his prime here too but honestly u can clearly see he improved alot his ball control got better over time so did his balance and final 3rd productivity and passing ofcourse all that while elevating to the professional level
'If you're good enough, you're old enough'. He could have played in the first team of any club even at 16. Tiny physique; no muscle; ruthless opponents who evidently weren't above kicking lumps out of a kid- no problem for the greatest player of our generation. 👏🏆🏅 I'd be amazed if I see anyone like him again in my lifetime.
He is already on par with peak Xavi & Iniesta in game sense, control & passing at just age of 16....even without any statistics he is without a doubt THE .
Watch him at .57-1.05 and you'll see quite simply, superhuman balance. It happens right before the second slide tackle: The way he is able to regain posture after the first challenge is something you rarely see at senior level nevermind a youth match. Just unbelievable.
Messi fue y es el mejor jugador de futbol de todos los tiempos... Su carrera nunca tuvo niveles bajos hasta jugando en un mal año su nivel es de otro mundo y es mas q aceptable.. creo q hay q Disfrutar sus partidos..y si un dia pueden ir a verlo en vivo vallan...
Interesting fact is that he still have the same way of using the pitch - dropping deep to detect the tempo, drifting to the right side of the pitch, passing between defence lines, etc. WOW
Skillwise he was the best in football's history, no doubt. This coming from a Brazilian. Pele, Maradona, name whoever you want, this dude showed the most objective soccer ever played. This in an era dominated by high competitiveness and improvements in football tactics and so on. Truly amazing.
I see 16 year old Yamal doing same against top players in first division and I think if this guy achieves 50% of his potential, he will be era defining for barca. Leo was an exception who pushed to his 80% of potential became the 🐐
Always playing at a completely different speed than the rest around him and making defenders look like traffic cones since he was freaking 7 years old! What a beast! So glad he's Argentinean!
Finally some good music in a football-video! Makes the footage come so much more alive! Not that it needed to ;) what a talent that little Messi was.. Oh my..
One and Only Messi. The most unique footballer ever sent by God. He was so purely genius since he was a kid. He got so many tackles, and I've heard so many Players had quit playing, but this boy, Messi, seemed like unstoppable. He is already perfect footballer since he was a kid. He has broken many records, he has become the most decorated player with Trophies ever. And now he has left us his legacy that will not be easy to be repeated. Forever G.O.A.T. Captain of the World. ❤
Imagine one of those tackles ending his career there ... Those players should be ashamed for some of those challenges on a 16y old boy. Players should be more protected on all levels of football and tackles going only for the player should be straight red!
It's like he was born with experience It is impossible to identify anything that he has improved like you see a learning and strengthening process in other athletes who clearly see immature and then the best version, he was born perfect
He plays like that since he was 4 years old. He is supernatural. A gift from above, and he perfected throughout the years. What a privilege is to have him still playing in the fields of the world. 🩵🤍🩵🇦🇷🏆🥇
Looking to this video is easy to recognize that he is somehow gifted by the Gods of football, impressive skills, how the ball simply stick to his feet and no one can take it from him.
❤👍🦁MESSI 👽der Alien Insane Genius Incredible Real Unreal Real Life Crazy Skills der Mann vom anderen Stern 👍👍⚽️👍👍 😍 ❤🙏🙏🙏 Herzliches Dankeschön für die Arbeit und das Zurückspulen 👍😍
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When that kid was "the next Maradona" but instead became... Messi
very good comment. very smart and exact.
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Maradona was better...
Imran Ali no
It's truly amazing he's had such a long career with every player trying to break his leg
So many dirty tackles! So glad he outrank them!
I agree
Some things are touched by God. There is just no other explaination for what he has been able to do.
In a way Messi got lucky though, there are less dirty players at the top level nowadays than in the old days, when every team had an enforcer type on their squad.
@@ursula3438 every player got lucky in that way
The opponents in the video can proudly say "You see son, that's me.. trying to tackle the greatest footballer of all time"
The golden word is TRYING.. 🤣🤣👍
Hahaha
I dont see Maradona in the video
I Dont see phil Jones mate
U talking about Diego ?? 🤔😝
Messi has had quite literally the perfect career.
Greatest mix of talent and hard work. He gradually became even better and better. Avoided big injuries. Won everything with his club and gave the supporters of Barca even more than they dreamt of. He shattered goalscoring and assisting records. Also ended up winning everything he could win with his country.
He's in his mid 30s now. Lots of legends retired then, he's still going strong.
same thing we did with pele and maradona unfortunately... its circle of life
And he got to be the protégé of two legends:
Ronaldinho Gaucho, The Smile of Football, the first player on winning a pig on a tournament that took place on a Paraguayan prison.
Diego Armando Maradona, El Pelusa, the alien that came to Earth to score a goal against a no-legs kiddo and celebrate it like it was a World Cup final.
@@Bufanda_Nocturna69 Not sure if this supposed to be a compliment or an insult
@@Bufanda_Nocturna69 Bro really said Ronaldinho Caudillo
@@haider_javaid I think it's both.
So this is 16 year old Messi... this is proof some people are born with talent. Jeez Messi looks like he’s been in his prime his entire life
Incredible fact this really. Messi has been committed to being incredible whenever he's been on the pitch.
He has improved A LOT from that insane potential. He keeps getting better & better. ⚽️🐐👑
bro... that's so true
... what do you mean proof? Of course people are born with talent...
Talent = cleverness
I miss these days when you started to hear about this kid at Barcelona who was going to become the best player in the world... And then we watched it happen and watched him with awe for the next decade! What a player!
We have it again with the likes of pedri, fati and moriba.. not to mention the others. Barca have a very bright future.
Now he is At PSG
@Honest Manchester United Fan couldn't expect less from a united fan
There is always a kid who is about to become the best player in the world. Messi is the only legit one that actually did it!
@@joegoku9914 we will never have it again these players aint even close
The kid now a WC winning captain, and The Greatest of All Time. How lucky I am to witness that.
hes sh1t mate he wouldnt survive english football would go back to barca crying like a little girl.....carried his entire life by his teammates either at bara Argentina a super team PSG... FIFA. and QATAR money ..... ur deluded the GOAT wears the portuguese shirt
Winning the World Cup by too many penalty and many biased judge by referees ! What a cheater he is ! 😅😂🤣
@@blackangel1690 cry more
@@knothme2844 Yeah I have to cry because Messi make PSG get lost in Coupe De France just in the round of 16 only ! 🤣😂🤣
@@blackangel1690 yep cry more
i remember someone in the R10 documentary saying when they brought Messi to train with the 1st team afterwards Dinho said "are you crazy??" and they went "what, do you think he still needs more time?" and Dinho was like "no, i'm saying he should've already been playing with us!"
Yeah, I once heard an interview with Kobe Bryant, where he told the story of visiting Barca's training and Dinho introduced Messi to him calling him the best footballer itw, and that was when Dinho was the reigning Ballon D'Or champ. Dinho knew it from day 1 how special Leo was.
@@ursula3438 It's like Mike Tyson hearing from Ali that he was better than him. (He said that truly but mike refused in a respectful way)
@@ursula3438 No Ronaldinho said he was going to be the greatest football player "ever".
I’ve never seen someone like him, and I’m 101% sure that I will never see anyone like Leo Messi
Maybe one of his sons.
bruno Fernandez… jk.. lol.
Were you 100% you would see someone like Lionel Messi?
Your logic is illogical.
Hala Madrid!!!
@@benban8055 your grammar is comical .
@@michaelf2671 Thanks
He was already unstoppable. Damn..that ball stuck to his feet in full speed mode...INSANE . Unbelievable skills when he was 16. That little guy was ready to become GOD. ...And he did. Simply the G.O.A.T.
Agreed
Brazilian Ronaldo was better. Scored 46 goals in 47 matches in his first season at Barca at age 19/20
@@nishhnishh1088 he was but isn't
@@nishhnishh1088 6 ballon d or. 6 golden boots. over 700 prof goals . and he's only 32. Nobody like him
@@vol230 He is. still.
As a teenager, he was already way better than 99.999% of the adult professional players.
I think 16 year old Messi is comparable to insigne
@@equalsportsyt Nah. Maybe messi had a better ball control and better dribbling, but insigne's shoots are oustanding
@@zyzzsslave2166 oh Yeah shooting for sure! Messi did not have that kinda power when he was younger. But I meant their speed and dribbling
@@equalsportsyt its not even funny
At 16 he was 100% sure better than prime Cristiano since that during his entire career Cristiano never managed to do what Messi is doing on this video
The amount of dangerous tackles on him makes it a miracle he never got seriously injured!
Bro maradona had to cope with around 10 assassinations every game in his entire career
@@sehu1291 And he won only 10 trophies in his senior career. Maybe he would have longer longevity and less injuries if he was tackled less.
@@sehu1291 thats just not true bro
if that was the case his career wouldve ended very quick if that was the case yet his longest injury he was out for was less than 3 months similar to messi and ronaldo
@@sehu1291 10 assassinations per game and the worst injury he suffered was a broken foot...come on bro be real
They were rougher back then but don't make it seem like they were going to war every game
kids are made of rubber
Remarkable how he hasn't had a terrible injury.. he's getting nailed here!
Yes he had injuries back then as a kid and some a little near to be terrible.
I think he lost almost a season .
AR Shroud 16 games
@@MKS_27 thx for correting. Do you know which year/season it was?
@@messijr04 actually it's 17 games in 2005/06 season and 18 games in 2006/07 season.
Some of the most genius passes I have ever seen and he is only 16... He sees the game completely different than any other player. Even when the defense keeps a great shape and does their jobs he still finds a pass that no one else on the pitch sees, it is truly incredible.
And 18 years later, he did the best assist in the World Cup.
He has the brain no one else has
@@fastica two best assists - Croatia and Netherlands
yeah like at 2:45, incredible
@@coalscedether i was just looking at that and thinking how much it looked like a world cup play, he already had perfected the movements for that kind of play at 16, its insane
He could nutmeg a centipede he is just so quick and skillful and he has to tolerate some dreadful tackles, a tough guy as well as brilliant
Not impresive considering how many legs centipedes have
Hahahaha nice one😂
@Ttv Relax Ronaldo is the best goalscorer, but not the best player ever.
@Ttv Relax Pele isn't even the best in the World. Pele may be the best in the history of World Cup, but not in the world. Same with Cristiano, Cristiano has been the most clinical and lethal goalscorer in the whole world, but Messi is above him. Individual awards speak that
@Ttv Relax so are Ronaldo fans, Ronaldo fans are the most toxic fans out there. Literally you tell them a joke about Ronaldo they'll take it personally and bring out a list of things Ronaldo has won.
messi was lucky to survive that period. his opponents could only compensate with dirty play
Not only Messi, lower divisions in Spanish football (and probably in most countries) defenders tend to be much harsher as they are not as technically skilled and matches don't have VAR and have low audience.
@@robertmusil1107 do you even watch football ?
@@kjrom This was in the 2000s, no VAR anywhere and a much more physical football. Now imagine 80s Serie A compared to this 🥴
It's a miracle players like Maradona even made it alive out of that era
@@R9naldo Defenders back then where very weak and not even close to the level of the defenders today, you can clearly notice that from the footages. So maradona was just fine
Every player needs to go through this, you need that later in your carrier. Avoiding tackles is a must have skill. As a defender facing messi, I would (try to) tackle him also. What else can I do?
Even as a 16 year old defenders can't stop he is the greatest ever inspiration for everyone
The striking thing is not the dribbling. His passing and playmaking, understanding of space is just incredible at 16. I have never seen any player with this ability at this age and Messi really lived up to the billing.
Brazilian Ronaldo was great at 16 too check his videos.
@@AROS2010 With great playmaking? What video?
@@danielvera9199 Not necessarily playmaking, but insane skills for his age. Look for videos of Ronaldo in Cruzeiro.
@@AROS2010 ngu
@@mayisong what?
the speed .. the acceleration .. the control ... the technique .. the precision ...he is a football mozart .. picasso with a football
Man so he really was born with this huh. Everything is already so good, the speed, the dribbling, the vision, even the weight of his passes. Insane...
Haha yes, you should see Messi playing when he is 7 or 8 years old. Plays with the same exact style and aesthetic. With a spell cast over the ball to keep it in his little force field. Totally insane indeed.
No one is born with anything
He started playing when he was 4 years old, he played with his brothers.
Because of his small stature he could beat defenders by strength and since he played with ender players he couldn't even run like them so he practiced and developed dribbling and other technical abilities.
These things reflect in his nature and behaviour also, since he was small and loved by many so he has always been very much appreciated and he became a team player, thankful to everyone whenever he scores.
It's just situations and his love for football that he overcame the difficulties like height etc and practice other aspects to get better.
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When Messi dribbles, it's like he has a gravitational pull on the ball. It never seems to go beyond him, and when it looks like it will, he somehow hooks a foot around it and pulls it back. It's almost hypnotic.
I think lefties have more precision, Puskas, Maradona, Rivaldo, Robben, Bale, Marcello, Di Maria are all genius players and Messi is the king of the lefties.
Messi's ball touches and dribbling is unseen. These days we don't see too many young players dribbling like him
*No one
@@thewinner9628 I'd say musiala has that touch
@@Veeyron_
Has a bit
Nah fam, he sure is a good dribbler, but lets be honest, what messi was dribbling at musialas age cant be compared.Messi is the best dribbler to ever exist, period.
@KARMNYA yeah I agree messi is far superior, but if there was someone in today's football that would be somewhat comparable, it would be musiala, watch him dribble in tight spaces, he has that messi-like touch, doesn't mean he has the same abilities, it just feels similar
How can a footballer be this good!? The more videos i watch of him the more i'm amazed.
Messi is the only human in any industry that became the best and greatest but never got better. He has remained original from start till finish
I'm a die hard Real Madrid fan but i just love watching this man...The greatest footballer of all time.
For world class players we say 'a legend in the making' after watching these kinds of videos but in Messi's case we'd say 'The GOAT in the making'. He is more than a legend already, he hasn't even retired yet but still.
Yeah it's insane. There are aspects of his current game that are better than ever before. At 32 he is a better freekick scorer for example, which is more important than most of his other attributes. A foul in front of the box is half a penalty.
LEGENDS ARE DEFINED WHEN THEY PERFORM IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!.. NOT A MICKY MOUSE 2 HORSE RACE JOKE LEAGUE!.... don’t like it?? TOO BAD 💁🏼♂️
@@Drizzle600 6 times, the winner of the UCL in the last decade is a spanish club. What more do you want. I know premier league is very competitive but so is la liga. He won't go to premier league just to satisfy the whims of people like you. He is already in the best club in the world.
@@Drizzle600 messi has shat in the mouth of the best premier league teams, dont like it? too bad
@@Drizzle600Most of Football legends never played there, Ronaldinho, Maradonna, Zidane, Ronaldo 9.... So fuck your english league
I still remember the day I saw Messi in the Olympic, I said wow this guy is seriously good.. Cant believe he went on and became the GOAT, yet I'm still here making ends meet.
Literally the only thing that got better over time, is his shot accuracy. For the rest it feels like he has been in his prime for ever
While he does have natural talent, he grew to become a more complete player, specially next to big players in Barcelona. From an explosive solo player that would take 3 defenders and score a gold he went to organizing the game like Xavi and Iniesta did in the past and still scoring quite a lot. He also became a much stronger player through training because playing his style against stronger players on big teams wouldn't be easy if he was as weak as he was when younger.
You can't compare Messi to CR7. Messi is pure talent and a genius. Yes CR7 is excellent and need to be appreciated. But Messi was and is clearly on a different level altogether.
it's simple..
The other guy is marketable ,not so much for Messi
messi is the product of a person that knew his potential, and he understood that he had a talen which he further evolved.
ronaldo had a bit of talent, but is the result of hard work.
both is good in their own way!!
@@jalliboy and thats exactly why altough i consider messi the GOAT, i admire CR7 the most... really few people are so hardworking they still are world class past 35 years old.... nowadays you see messi just walking on the field, if he was as hardworking as CR7 is.. he could be the top scorer of Ligue 1, but instead he only has scored 1-2 goals and 4-5 assists. in 7-8 matches played... which is not bad.. but he was certainly better.
@@andresangel8641 same bro I also considered Messi better than Ronaldo but I admired Ronaldo cause of his devotion and hard work many called him arrogant but I believe it's self confidence because he had to sacrified alot not saying Messi didn't sacrifice anyting to be the best but a guy with talent and guy with a little talent but hard work I would refer the guys with little talent but hard work cause not many are born like Messi and the other greats
@@andresangel8641 Quien dijo que Messi no trabajo duro?? Tan equivocados no pueden estar, ignorantes
At that age he was better than any footballer today.
He’s the greatest player I have ever seen. I don’t expect to ever witness another football player in my lifetime to come even close to his level.
You'll never know. I mean only 15 years passed between the end of Diego's prime and the beginning of Messi's career, so maybe in another 15 years there could be another talent of that calibre.
@@ursula3438 Hm, I doubt that. The thing with Messi is, you can't possibly imagine how someone could objectively play better football than him. Like how is that even possible or how should it look like? The guy dominated every aspect of the game to almost perfection. He had R9 finishing, he had better dribbling than Maradona, better first touch than Zidane, better decision making and ability to assist than Iniesta and Scholes combined. He is second or third when it comes to free kicks. He is simply the most efficient footballer in history while not having physical advantages over his opponents. There will never be a player that possesses all those traits together. There will be lots of players like Mbappe who are extremely fast and have insanely good finishing capacity, but they will lack other elements to their game that will make them look one dimensional compared to Messi.
@@guts5405 the statements you make are fucking bullshit mate.
@@luxotiica4223 Oh, I'm not the only one who says that. Pep, Xavi and hundreds of football analysts, players and managers have said similar things and even higher praises than mine over the past decade. Are those people spouting bullshit as well or are you a moronic Ronaldo fan?
@@luxotiica4223 Xavi: He didn't use to score so much and now he scores everything, he takes free kicks. And, like Pep [Guardiola] says, he dominates every aspect of the game.
We'll never see something similar. Not only because of what he can do, but because of the time that he's been doing it for.
Leo, above all, had a talent that is the hardest to achieve: he understood the game. He could pass well and he could dribble around anyone you put in front of him: he used to leave the best defender we had on the ground
Throughout Messi’s career, his most underrated attribute has to be his physicality. Even at the age of 16 he was getting fouled and hit so much but yet he hasn’t suffered many major injuries his career. You can tell that even at this age he was far better than all his peers simply because the only way they could stop him in nearly all these clips to foul him or heavily man mark him. He already seemed like a professional playing with novices at this stage. Look at how seamlessly he gets passed defenders, the space he creates by drawing several opponents towards him, his passing and vision. Absolutely insane. It’s like he knew he was above them already and was just having fun.
He's never been a diver yet his talent attracts so many knocks from opponents. Class.
If you think about it though, especially at that level it's make or break for those kids. Messi probably indirectly sent some of those kids packing when he defeated them. They'll do whatever it takes to stay on their own teams and of course build a career out of playing soccer.
Already a genius at 16.
I will be long gone before we see anything close to him.
actually 9 not 16 you can go check his old footage's.
We won’t see anyone like him , dee greatest of all time , we are so so lucky
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Wait for me then🙃
@muzik note I don't think so tho yes Messi I a generational talent but in the future there might be a player who can arguably surpass him at what he does🙃 that would be me
It’s crazy that Messi was 16 is better than some of the world class players at their peaks.
What makes Messi another level is how even at 12 years of age he played this way. He played the same way on the pitch as he did in training. He was once asked about his dribbling. He said ' i don't aim to dribble past the player its to but the ball into space. '. His shooting improved the stronger he got. He worked hard on freekicks. placement of the ball and studying the defenders. There will never be another football player like Messi,
His vision and playmaking is unreal, like he see the game from above and control the space and time perfectly
Omg, that is what i though too.. "just like he watch the whole game from tv" what an unreal vision combined with unreal fastest reaction to enemy movement = GOAT.
Crazy that this footage looks like it’s from the 80s or something. These tackles he’s on the receiving end of are criminal. How he weathered these challenges at such a young age is beyond me. The physicality/aggressiveness he’s dealing with seems almost beyond that of the professional level of higher leagues
Criminals tackles! Remember they also broke Maradona in spain...
Lower divisions are more physical bcs they don't excel in tecnical skill.
That's how tackles were in the time messi was 16. Remember it was way worse in 90s and before
Makes me nostalgic for the old FIFA games, back when Messi was also still a teenager and surrounded by all these incredible players like Ronaldinho, Eto, Xavi, Deco, etc, and yet you were still most fascinated with this small little Argentine who had insane amounts of talent at a young age, and you just knew he was going to be something great. It was really exciting times at Barca.
It FIFA corruption doing all these things😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
IIRC he was first introduced in FIFA 06 and didn't even had the profile picture. That Barca team was fire, mainly because of Ronaldinho and Eto'o, but this kid added even more spice to that team.
The dribbling is one thing. The passing after dribbling is incomprehensible. He reminds me of Bobby Orr. So glad that Messi never blew his knees out like Orr.
His speed is phenomenol. He can amazingly change direction with high speed. Superb
I just watched his PSG debut. Dude still has that scary speed, it's like he purposely played bad for Barcelona the last couple years.
@@Friendsshare he played bad for barcelona these couple of years ??!
The ball stucking to his feet is a bigger mystery than the whole bermuda triangle.
Underrated Comment!
@@Goodnnhu No freaking way!!!
Its called hard work since 3
haha true
@@Goodnnhu wtf how can anyone do that
same old same old messi.. his play-style never ever change!!
Fairul Nizam he runs & dribbles less now due to age, but his passes and vision is amazing
Messi use to do rainbow flicks and shit but he realised he could just dribble instead.
He plays the same style since he was 5
@@Liam-jy7yi huh when ???
His style is very simple and he is a joy to watch, that is something that nobody can do only Messi. He can beat with one movement without using skills.
Play him in any competition and he'll give you some of the best performances ever whether his team wins or not
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That’s true not to mention Messi was a LW during this time
How can you say that? He always played for Barcelona who builded their playstyle around him and with Argentina he is not even close to his performances in Barca.
Still the goat but just stay with the facts bro
@@gtx9577 On an individual level he has played reapply well for Argentina
His international awards say so
Just because his team came up short doesn't mean his performances were bad
You haven’t Watched Argentina from 2005 to 2016 that’s why you people say Messi doesn’t perform for Argentina which is the biggest myth he has 70 goals 41 Assists Most assists in copa America history(12) most assists in the world cup(5) 2 best player awards in 2014 and 2015 in copa America and World Cup in international knockout stages he has 4 goals and 12 assists has 22 goals in World Cup qualifiers in the South American qualifiers countries are ranked from 1 to 73 the competition is difficult as a collective Messi hasn’t won a World Cup or copa America but as an Individual he has achieved a lot
@@gtx9577 he dominated the youth world cup for argentina and won it
Important was his reflex and instantly escaping from tackles, otherwise he would have been often injured. Unique in this world. 👍🇦🇷
Its a miracle that no one broke his leg in his entire career or took out his ACL with how defenders have tried to stop him with the only way they know how. He was truly touched by God and destined for greatness..
It's that growth hormone that made his bones and tendons strong.
@@mrt445 source ?
@@mrt445 bullshit
@@isaiasanconetani source: believe me bro
@@aitortita6081 it actually did, linked the source in another reply
I am Argentine, I have a cousin who is Spanish and played in the Barcelona youth team. I remember he called me because an Argentinian had arrived in his class 3 days ago and no one could take the ball away from him during practice... it was Messi
What's amazing about this is that Messi at this young age didn't really do body feints to try to trick the player he just dribbled and cut in and out a lot and used his speed. He had learn to incorporate body feints so that he doesn't get fouled and it gives him extra time to escape the defenders swooping leg
The control, the short space dribbling, the passing... Man was already unbelievable at 16. Just incredible.
Messsi is Best player all the times!! Goals , shots, driblings, asists, passes all incredible.
Sometimes I watch this Genius and just Cry because I know how blessed I am as a football lover to live in the same time as this Football God 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Never in the history of man shall we witness something like Messi again.
Very true. Best player ever.
Never
@Immortal maybe 200 years
I didn’t know who he was but when I saw the FIFA under 20 World Cup and when Argentina 🇦🇷 beat Brazil 🇧🇷 I saw Messi as the next greatest player the world 🌎 was going to see the rest is history, I’m 43 and grew up watching Diego,
Oh, just imagine to be a spectator on these games. they had no idea they watched the GOAT!
I remember to had seen Messi croos the streets of Barcelona (near Camp Nou) twice and nobody knows who was him. I reconized him because i had read about him im some sports newspaper.
Goat of Barcelona for sure
why would you call him the Goat? Maradona could not reach his full career and had to stop for years due to injuries...
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Maradona is nowhere near messi
@luke covill yea same goes with brazilian ronaldo some people say he was more talented then messi,if he played in 2010s he wouldn've been better then messi,not even if he was without injuries
The goat. To any youngsters, watching notice how he plays through the fouls that’s what makes him the goat.
Bartomeu: Looks like a loaner to Everton
Valverde: Looks like a bench warmer
Pep: Looks like the next big thing!
Pep is Van Gaal creation, Van Gaal is Rinus Michels apprentice, Rinus was inventor of tiki taka and he has bring that in Barca, since Rinus until Xavi Iniesta and Messi tiki taka aka total football wasnt on map, Similar style had Brian Clough also but he was stubborn bastard with to much confidence for that time, otherwise Leeds back then would become limitless club in football, Cloughy was best trainer manager England had ever, total football
Frank Rijkaard is the one that brought Messi to the first team and not Pep.
Lol Rijkaard made Messi first Barcelona team player, not pep. Pep just used his potential.
Koeman - looks like another player
Ps. Koeman still doesn't realize this man is the goat and he shouldn't disrespect him
@QWECY meh Messi was always gonna be barca 10 . Ronaldinho called it when Messi was 18 . Everyone knew it . The thing was to wait till he was mature and robust enough to not get injured
5:06 this is the proof that he is a genius, he uses the momentum from being pulled by another player to turn sharper
What a fucking genius observation!
And Xavi
Thats the thing..his change of direction is unreal.. he's doing at some real speed.
@Despize Perform yeah sure... You are better than Messi .. try doing the things he does on the pitch
@Despize Perform He never said that this turn is the reason he's the greatest, stop over-analyzing man. He's just saying it's little things like these that Messi does day in day out every year in all the games that sets him apart, his IQ is clearly above any other footballer
unbelievable talented. he got the gift and used it - these tempo dribblings are not from this planet.
I remember your videos of messi from back in the day and all i can say is thank you! Always a pleasure watching your videos
When he was 16: his teammates waste his assists
When he was 26: his teammates waste his assists
When he will 36 : his teammates waste his assists
Teck Magic that's just the way it iiissss....
Not when he was 26
So he does all himself
your so right and now there are no Iniesta Xavi Henry
@@MilesPD08 in Argentina
It's a miracle he was not injured on that time. What a tackles to stop him.
Fairplay level: Sergio Ramos
No, Pepe. One notch worse than Sergio Ramos.
There is just no other way to stop him
@@Tocha_official Pepe had impact, but ramos is just mad bruh
I think you commented on wrong video buddy
@@Tocha_official God, just imagine Pepe And Sergio Ramos would have played in the same team... Oh.. wait a minute 😂
Messi has been blessed with longevity in his career, something many other supremely talented players have not had (e.g R9 - arguably the best former forward player in the world).
I wish he was still 16 again.Saddest day for me will be his retirement
Let us hope he plays for at least 4 more years
Feo
@MD CA stupid
It’s the life son , 😉
Get a life man
What a journey from,
Div 3 to barca b to barca A to..GOAT..
Absolutely genius..#respect
Casi todos querían lastimarlo por la desesperación y la impotencia de no poder detenerlo... increíble que no lo consiguieron 😱 Definitivamente el mejor jugador de todos los tiempos.
ppl would say he looks like he's in his prime here too but honestly u can clearly see he improved alot his ball control got better over time so did his balance and final 3rd productivity and passing ofcourse all that while elevating to the professional level
2:32 is just insane.
No doubt
how about 07:59 ? :D
@@piruzshojadoost2059 how about the entire video??
7:20
'If you're good enough, you're old enough'. He could have played in the first team of any club even at 16. Tiny physique; no muscle; ruthless opponents who evidently weren't above kicking lumps out of a kid- no problem for the greatest player of our generation. 👏🏆🏅 I'd be amazed if I see anyone like him again in my lifetime.
He's consistent, probably most consistent player of all time.
That what Zidane and Pep said about Leo. His hunger to score goal always there since the beggining.
He is already on par with peak Xavi & Iniesta in game sense, control & passing at just age of 16....even without any statistics he is without a doubt THE .
This video is pure gold. Thank you for sharing. Messi is a one kind of a player. Irreplaceable
Watch him at .57-1.05 and you'll see quite simply, superhuman balance. It happens right before the second slide tackle: The way he is able to regain posture after the first challenge is something you rarely see at senior level nevermind a youth match. Just unbelievable.
Yes i noticed that too, glad someone did as well. It goes to his height, which gives him a lower centre of gravity
This shows what a rare talent he has in soccer. See how effortlessly he dribbles and passes.
Messi got the gift of extraordinarily strong legs to go with his genius brains. Else these people would have sent him back to Argentina. A Goat I stan
A better comp at 16 than most footballers have for their entire careers
not me
those aggressive tackles on him remind me how maradona was getting violated by defenders
Maradona was violating the defenders
yh
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Messi fue y es el mejor jugador de futbol de todos los tiempos... Su carrera nunca tuvo niveles bajos hasta jugando en un mal año su nivel es de otro mundo y es mas q aceptable.. creo q hay q Disfrutar sus partidos..y si un dia pueden ir a verlo en vivo vallan...
Paid his dues and conquered the world. Much deserved career success.
This just shows how important talent is. This guy is doing things at 16 that most players can never do
Interesting fact is that he still have the same way of using the pitch - dropping deep to detect the tempo, drifting to the right side of the pitch, passing between defence lines, etc. WOW
He took such a beating even back then, I'm genuinely surprised those less experienced players didn't cut messi's career short with serious injury
a future WC champion doing his thing. Love that we are alive to witness Messi :D
Regular player : plays with the ball
Messi : Let's play with the players
No its
Regular players : Let's practice with cones
Messi : I'll just use players
I see what you did there
The Best in the world! No compromisе!!!!!!
Skillwise he was the best in football's history, no doubt. This coming from a Brazilian. Pele, Maradona, name whoever you want, this dude showed the most objective soccer ever played. This in an era dominated by high competitiveness and improvements in football tactics and so on. Truly amazing.
I see 16 year old Yamal doing same against top players in first division and I think if this guy achieves 50% of his potential, he will be era defining for barca.
Leo was an exception who pushed to his 80% of potential became the 🐐
Always playing at a completely different speed than the rest around him and making defenders look like traffic cones since he was freaking 7 years old! What a beast! So glad he's Argentinean!
Not only incredible dribbling, Messi’s young shows his vision of a master.
Finally some good music in a football-video! Makes the footage come so much more alive! Not that it needed to ;) what a talent that little Messi was.. Oh my..
Nobody and I mean NOBODY has played the game like Messi. Enjoy him while you can because there will never be another like him.
R9 pre injury was just as good. Unfortunately he was never the same post injury
@Griefussy big difference between playing for Cruziero and Barcelona let's be real
Yet as soon as he moved to better competition (barcelona /real) he proved his quality and won the balon dor at 21,youngest to do it
One and Only Messi. The most unique footballer ever sent by God. He was so purely genius since he was a kid. He got so many tackles, and I've heard so many Players had quit playing, but this boy, Messi, seemed like unstoppable. He is already perfect footballer since he was a kid. He has broken many records, he has become the most decorated player with Trophies ever. And now he has left us his legacy that will not be easy to be repeated. Forever G.O.A.T. Captain of the World. ❤
Imagine one of those tackles ending his career there ... Those players should be ashamed for some of those challenges on a 16y old boy. Players should be more protected on all levels of football and tackles going only for the player should be straight red!
Exactly! Shame on those players and the referee!
Funny thing is a lot of other young Barcelona talent are ruin like this by the time they are 22 they don't have anything left
That tackles mae him the God
These tackles are gentle compared to what we get in our Sunday league games
Those tackles made him stronger and wiser...
We are so lucky he was able to go on with his career out of those butchers.
hahaha, agree
he was always the favorite
Butchers 😂😂😂
preach lol
Absolutely
Messi has been consistently at a higher tier vs his peers and opponents. Every year it got tough but he got tougher. Genius and an Entertainer...
Messi is just raw pace, he doesent need fancy skills, he just blasts past people or at people.
It's like he was born with experience
It is impossible to identify anything that he has improved like you see a learning and strengthening process in other athletes who clearly see immature and then the best version, he was born perfect
You are absolutely right
He plays like that since he was 4 years old. He is supernatural. A gift from above, and he perfected throughout the years. What a privilege is to have him still playing in the fields of the world. 🩵🤍🩵🇦🇷🏆🥇
Looking to this video is easy to recognize that he is somehow gifted by the Gods of football, impressive skills, how the ball simply stick to his feet and no one can take it from him.
❤👍🦁MESSI 👽der Alien Insane Genius Incredible Real Unreal Real Life Crazy Skills der Mann vom anderen Stern 👍👍⚽️👍👍 😍
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Herzliches Dankeschön für die Arbeit und das Zurückspulen 👍😍