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  1. Lionel Messi - From an Ordinary Boy to a Legend | The Official Movie 2012 ||HD|| By Vahan Jan
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  2. Lionel Messi - Best Passes (New Compilation) | HD
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  4. Lionel Messi ● All 72 Goals So Far 2011-2012 ● NEW EUROPEAN RECORD ● ||HD||
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  1. Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) vies with Real Betis' midfielder Benat Etxebarria during his last Spanish League football match Betis vs Barcelona on May 12, 2012 at Benito Villamarin stadium in Sevilla.
  2. Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacts during the Spanish League football match Betis vs Barcelona on May 12, 2012 at Benito Villamarin stadium in Sevilla.
  3. Athletic Bilbao's goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz fails to stop a penalty kick shot by Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao on March 31, 2012 at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.
  4. BARCELONA, SPAIN - MAY 05: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona scores his team's second goal from the penalty spot during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol at Camp Nou on May 5, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. This is the last match as head coach of FC Barcelona for Josep...
  5. BARCELONA, SPAIN - MAY 05: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (L) scores his team's third goal under a challenge by Victor Sanchez of RCD Espanyol during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol at Camp Nou on May 5, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. This is the last match as head...
  6. FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, falls against Espanyol during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 5, 2012.
  7. BARCELONA, SPAIN - MAY 05: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (2ndR) hugs his Head coach Josep Guardiola of FC Barcelona after scoring his team's third goal during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol at Camp Nou on May 5, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. This was Guardiola's...
  8. Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R) vies with Espanyol's Argentinian goalkeeper Cristian Alvarez the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs RCD Espanyol on May 5, 2012 at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.
  9. BARCELONA, SPAIN - MAY 05: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (R) shakes hands with his Head coach Josep Guardiola of FC Barcelona after scoring his team's third goal during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol at Camp Nou on May 5, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. This is the...

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Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, and Maradona himself named Messi his "successor". Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Due to the deeply emotional time this is for me I preferred not to be at Pep's Press conference
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Webindia123 3 weeks ago
  2. We have already got the go-ahead from both the clubs. Several top players, including Lionel Messi, are more or less confirmed though players on national duty for Euro 2012 may not make it. If everything goes according to plan it will be a treat for football fans
    SOURCE: Times of India 2 weeks ago
  3. I want to thank Pep with all my heart for everything he has given me personally and professionally ... Due to the emotion I am feeling, I preferred not to be present at Pep's press conference and instead far from the media, above all because I know that they would look for the player's faces and that is...
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Buffalo News 3 weeks ago
  4. Any manager would do all right with Eric! I’ve watched lots of documentaries and he’s always talking about the team. Very rarely talks about himself. Nothing is more important than the team. That is what I love when you see the big players: Lionel Messi, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney. The way they work f...
    SOURCE: This Is London 3 weeks ago
  5. From the first moment Pep was brilliant to me
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: FourFourTwo.com 3 weeks ago
  6. It’s very hard to be at your highest level throughout the season ... Even Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo sometimes faced criticism. But now I feel good both physically and mentally, and I’m ready to fight for the title.
    SOURCE: Inside Futbol 3 weeks ago
  7. I want to thank Pep with all my heart for the huge amount he has contributed to my career, both professionally and personally
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Reuters.co.uk 3 weeks ago
  8. Lionel Messi has played about 80 games this season ... You don’t hear him complaining.
    SOURCE: Goal.com 3 weeks ago
  9. Things are going well, but the most important thing is for the team to do things well, and we're right in there for the league
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: China Post 1 month ago
  10. We're putting it in players' minds now that they can't play twice a week because they'll get too tired. I think that's an absolute load of nonsense. Lionel Messi doesn't ever miss a game
    SOURCE: International Business Times 3 weeks ago
  11. We have to continue like this. Now it’s time to think about Chelsea, this is the most important match. It will be more difficult than the match against Levante
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Soccer News 1 month ago
  12. I won’t compare him with Lionel Messi, we’re talking about two great players. But I do think that this season Cristiano Ronaldo has been better
    SOURCE: Inside Futbol 3 weeks ago
  13. We have to continue like this. Now it’s time to think about Chelsea, this is the most important match. It will be more difficult than the match against Levante
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Soccer News 1 month ago
  14. The main culprit is not chance, but the lack of inspiration, freshness and the magic needed to achieve glory. Everything depended on the success of [Lionel Messi], who has become tired and luckless towards the end of the season.
    SOURCE: The Independent 4 weeks ago
  15. We knew it was a very tough place to play
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Gulfnews 1 month ago
  16. My booking? I got it for kicking the penalty spot before the penalty [which Lionel Messi missed]. It was strange. But I have to be positive. Nobody believed we'd get through and we did. Yes, Chelsea can win it without us if we go into the game with the mentality we showed here.
    SOURCE: Goal.com 4 weeks ago
  17. Levante always plays very well here and at this stage of the season many teams are trying to qualify for Europe or avoid relegation and all the matches are tricky.
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Reuters Mobile 1 month ago
  18. I’m a big Barcelona fan. They are the best team in the world and Lionel Messi is the best player.
    SOURCE: This Is London 4 weeks ago
  19. The truth is that I am overjoyed. I never dreamed that one day I could be Barcelona's top scorer
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: MTN Football 2 months ago
  20. The glaring exception to this rule was FC Barcelona – the only team in the last 16 to operate a clear 4-3-3 with a single screening midfielder. Barça’s variation on the 4-3-3 theme stems from the positioning of Lionel Messi, a player who cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be labelled a target st...
    SOURCE: Soccer Blogs 4 weeks ago
  21. I just saw the space and went for it. That was it. I took them on and all I wanted to do was go for goal and finish the move off.
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: FIFA 2 months ago
  22. We must thank Lionel Messi for what he has given this club. My admiration for him knows no limits. He is an example for everyone who wants to improve themselves. I have no doubt – given the competitor he is – that he will be suffering some very dark hours after this . But this is what’s beautiful about ...
    SOURCE: Sports Pundit 4 weeks ago
  23. I've always really liked football and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them but I would stay at home because I had practice the next day
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Webindia123 2 months ago
  24. Allow me to never worry about Lionel Messi, even if he goes 27 games without scoring ... He can’t score three goals every day and give three assists. He has scored an amazing amount of goals this year. He lives to score and feels responsible for his part. Let him be happy on the pitch.
    SOURCE: Independent Online (South Africa) 4 weeks ago
  25. It was incredible for Rooney to say those things about me ... I am very thankful and it makes me very happy that colleagues say words of support, especially when they come from players of Rooney's class
    – Lionel Messi SOURCE: Today Online 2 months ago

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