B101 Writer  Login Status  You are not logged in.   The Making
of Lionel Messi [Sky Sports documentary]  “The making of Lionel
Messi” aired on Sky Sports on Christmas Day.  Predictably, it
made its way onto YouTube in super quick time and shows how
Lionel Messi grew up in Argentina before becoming the best
player in world football.  Guillem Balague speaks to some of
Messi’t very first team mates, his coaches, school teachers and
we see where the Barcelona superstar grew up.  There is also an
intrinsic question to the documentary as well.  It has taken
Lionel Messi a long time to be accepted by Argentineans due to
the fact he never played club football in his home country.
Nevertheless, there are suggestions in the documentary, that
Messi plays like a “typical Argentine.”  So,  which one is it?
Born or raised? Argentinian or not?  To top