Lionel Messi's Goal

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While highly regarded in the Nou Camp, his profile has been lower than the historicallyin the past mentioned players until now; but perhaps the beginning of the finish of his relative low-profile happened last week when they scored an wonderful aim in a match against Getafe in the Copa del Rey - the King's Cup.

While lots of FC Barcelona footy tickets are bought by those desirous to see the marvels of Ronaldinho & Eto'o at the Nou Camp, of the most fascinating young players to regularly grace the line up of FC Barcelona is the Argentinean player Lionel Messi.

In an very move for move reproduction of Maradona's "goal of the century" against England in the 1986 World Cup semi-final - English fans will never forgive Maradona scoring off a handball in the same match, dubbed by Maradona himself as "the hand of God" - Leo Messi received the ball from Xavi, beat a total of Getafe players & then knocked the ball past the goalkeeper in to the net, running a distance of 63 metres in doing so.
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The match - in which Barcelona beat Getafe 5-2 - saw goals from Messi, as well as Xavi, Eto'o & Gudjohnsen, but it is the Messi's first aim in particular that people are speaking about very a week after the event.

Although Messi's star is currently shining bright, the future for the young player was at time looking bleak. Diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency when they was eleven years elderly, a time when the Argentinean economy was in meltdown, neither his relatives nor the club that had expressed an interest in him, Club Atletico River Plate, were unable to afford the treatment.

Naturally Messi is being compared with Diego Maradona, to whom they dedicated the aim, & in the event you watch the goals side by side the similarities are eerie.

However, his relatives jumped at the chance of beginning a new life in Spain when Catalan giants FC Barcelona stepped in with an offer that included all medical expenses & they quickly flourished in Barcelona's youth team. Since becoming a first team regular they has become a firm favourite & puts his talent to nice use against a quantity of the top teams in the league, including arch-rivals Actual Madrid.

Although the comparison with Maradona unfair at this early stage in his career, providing Lionel Messi can stay motivated & injury free then they could basically join the ranks of the footy greats.

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