Лионель Месси: легенда футбола

Lionelʹ Messi - odin iz luchshikh futbolistov vsekh vremën. Chempion mira, dvukratnyĭ obladatelʹ Kubka Ameriki, olimpiĭskiĭ chempion. Vosʹmikratnyĭ obladatelʹ "Zolotogo mi͡acha" i shestikratnyĭ - "Zolotoĭ butsy". Ego imi͡a znaet vesʹ mir. A pered ego talantom prekloni͡alsi͡a dazhe legendarnyĭ Diego Maradona. Seĭchas on - zhivai͡a legenda futbola. No kogda-to Leo byl obychnym malʹchishkoĭ iz argentinskogo goroda Rosario, kotoryĭ t͡selymi dni͡ami goni͡al mi͡ach vo dvore s druzʹi͡ami. V 11 let emu skazali, chto, vozmozhno, ego mechta statʹ futbolistom nikogda ne sbudetsi͡a: vrachi obnaruzhili u nego defit͡sit gormona rosta, on byl slishkom malenʹkim dli͡a ėtogo vida sporta. Predstoi͡alo trudnoe i dorogostoi͡ashchee lechenie, on byl nizhe i slabee drugikh rebi͡at, no li͡ubil futbol tak silʹno, chto ne sdavalsi͡a ni na minutu… I stal luchshim iz luchshikh!

Lionel Messi is one of the best footballers of all time. World champion, two-time America's Cup winner, Olympic champion. He is an eight—time winner of the Golden Ball and a six-time winner of the Golden Boot. The whole world knows his name. And even the legendary Diego Maradona worshiped his talent. Now he is a living legend of football. But once upon a time Leo was an ordinary boy from the Argentine city of Rosario, who spent his days chasing a ball in the yard with his friends. At the age of 11, he was told that perhaps his dream of becoming a football player would never come true: doctors discovered he had a growth hormone deficiency, he was too young for this sport. It was going to be a difficult and expensive treatment, he was shorter and weaker than the other guys, but he loved football so much that he did not give up for a minute ... And became the best of the best!