Day 05 - Favourite Striker

Name : Lionel Andres Messi

Nickname : Leo , Messi , La Pulga

D.OB : 24/06/1987
Height : 1.69m

Nationality : Argentine

Position : Forward

Career : Captain of Argentina NT , FC Barcelona

         I still remember when I first read about this guy in a football magazine five years ago. There was an article on "Bintang Muda yang Bakal Menyinar". The writer listed out ten talented young footballers and one of them was Messi. He was only 19 and his hair was long. My first impression on him was ,"Euwww , rambut macam perempuan! Macam mak nyah je". Haha I've never liked long-haired men. And among the ten footballers I only remembered him because of his name. Messy. Haha I've been really really bad, I know. Anyway, the writer's last sentence was quite interesting, "Jika bakatnya diasah dengan betul, sedikit masa lagi Messi mampu menjadi pemain terbaik dunia." *Something like that. Okay, that was convincing and made me went WOW because the writer didn't write like that about the other nine footballers. I bet he must has been very good.

       After that, I've forgotten about him until World Cup 2010. I went 'raya-ing' at my uncle's house and my relatives watched Argentina vs Nigeria. I didn't join them but I got annoyed hearing the commentator kept mentioning Messi's name. So I sat right in front of the television while babbling to myself, "Meh aku tengok, bagus sangat ke mamat ni". Guess what? My jaw dropped! He was amazing. Actually I didn't know how to differentiate between good footballers and worst footballers because to me, they were all similar but I saw something different in Messi. I also saw the scared faces of Nigeria defenders whenever he got the ball. They tried very hard to stop him but he was unstoppable. Haha funny. Ohh the first thing that I noticed about him was, "Rambut dia dah pendek! ;D" and the second thing was,"Jersi dia nombor 10!". Waahhh :D  And I googled about him as soon as I got home. Then only I found out that he has already got the Ballon d'Or award  in 2009. Yes, the writer's prediction came true! Awesome! I also found a lot of things about him and I would say, he's more than a footballer (:

       Since then, he drove me crazy! Okay, serve me right. Five years ago, I laughed at his name but now, I'm the one who gets mad when people a.k.a my friends call him Messy instead of Messi. Haha how ironic. I used to mock him because of his hippie hair but after he chopped it off, I think he's really cute. He's one of the smallest footballers and it makes him look even cuter. Jajajaa you are the best footballer in this world ! Te amo Messi ♥

Messi is awesome :

6-year-old Messi in orange jersey number 10 .
Watch this and you'll be amused by his awesomeness....
*and his adorableness <3

and,

Messi's second goal against BATE

FCB vs RM

He's a nightmare for his opponents. That's what we call MESSIPHOBIA ;D


P.S : If you're one of those people who loves making fun of his name, better be careful. 
You might end up admiring him, just like me ;)