Football legend, Lionel Messi used certain practices when he was young.
Lionel Messi has not finished his career. Since his departure from Europe and PSG, where he did not leave a huge mark, the Argentinian went to live in the United States to finish his career in David Beckham’s MLS franchise, with Inter Miami. There, he found former Barça teammates, like Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
It’s hard to believe it today, but before becoming a true football legend with eight Ballon d’Ors, a record that will probably never be equaled, Lionel Messi struggled to break through in his youth due to his physique. quite frail and small. In an interview with an Argentinian media outlet, the former Barça player explained that he had resorted to certain heavy treatments when he was young because of his hormonal deficiency.
“It was first my parents who gave me the injections from the age of eight, until I learned how to do it. Then at the age of 12, I started to injecting my legs once a night, says the Argentinian international. It was something that didn’t impress me. It was a small needle. It didn’t hurt and it was something routine. , that I had to to do and I did it normally.”
The period will still be difficult, with the whole family moving to Barcelona, to launch the prodigy’s career. “My brothers wanted to return to Argentina and they came back at the time. My sister was little and she had difficulty adapting to school. My father and mother then made the decision to bring her back too. Then , we stayed alone with my father and he asked me ‘What do we do? It’s up to you. I told him ‘I want to stay’.”
Coming to Barcelona will probably be the best choice of the career of the Pulga, who became a true legend a few years later, after 17 years spent with the Catalan club. Even if the first years were also complicated due to certain feeding problems.
“For many years, I ate poorly. Until I was 22-23, I let myself go and I could eat chocolates, cookies, sodas. But now, I eat well. I eat everything but more rigorously. From time to time, a little wine doesn’t hurt me either. I have particularly seen the change with my vomiting problems.