International football
May 1 is a special day for Barcelona as twenty years of Leo Messi’s first official goal with Barcelona.
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Lionel Messi celebrates a goal during a LaLiga match against Alavés on February 13, 2021. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
This Thursday, May 1 They turned twenty years of Leo Messi’s first official goal with Barcelonathe starting point of a trajectory that forged the most successful stage of the Catalan club and consolidated the Argentine as the most important footballer in the history of the entity.
That teenage messi, imberbe and long hair, jumped to the pitch of the Camp Nou In the 88th minute of a match that the Barca team, then led by the Dutch Frank Rijkaard, won the 1-0 Albacete on day 34 of LaLiga 2004-2005.
And three minutes took the pearl of the Masia to put the Barcelona fans in his pocket with a goal, which were actually two, since The referee annulled the first offside.
But moments later, the Rosario scored again, this time legally. Messi received a chopped pass from Ronaldinhohe let the ball throw and beat the archer’s advanced position with a pumping shot at the first touch.
He was 17 years old and just over 10 months.
The goal certified the Barcelona victory and the Argentine, with the number ’30’ on his back, he celebrated it with Ronaldinho, who aughed him behind his back in an image that ended up being prophetic, because years later Messi inherited the Brazilian the dorsal ’10’ and the condition of idol in Barcelona.
It was the beginning of a 16 -seasons in the first team in which the Rosario won all possible individual awards and a title challenge, among which four champions of champions, three club World Cups, ten leagues, seven cups of the King, three European Super Cups and eight Super Cups in Spain.
Between a long collection of records, Messi is the player with more played games (778), more titles (35), more victories (542) and more goals (672) in the history of Barcelona.