26/6/2025–|Last update: 23:13 (Mecca time)
Recently, footage showed Lionel Messi when he was 9 years old as he tamed the ball in a dazzling way at the “El Coloso” stadium.
The official account of his childhood club, New Yeles Old Boys, is still celebrating Messi’s birthday so far, and he posted a video of him when he was only 9 years old as he tamed the ball.
This wonderful video was taken in 1996 when his team known as “87 machine” (referring to their birth year) won the Peruvian Friendship Cup.
The footage highlights the early signs of a spherical genius through his method of controlling the ball while taming it, and while Messi was flirting with the ball, the fans can hear chanting “Marado, Marado”, a clear comparison with myth Diego Maradona.
This early recognition of his exceptional talent has proven, even at this early age and was a prophecy of the amazing football future that awaits “Polga”.
Footage of a 9-year-old Lionel Messi doing kick-ups on the El Coloso pitch. The crowd chants “Marado, Marado”, already comparing him to Maradona.
Messi’s “Machine of 87” team had won the 1996 Copa de la Amistad in Peru & were presented to the fans.
(📽️ Matías Sauro Youtube) pic.twitter.com/2MYAwoRvhl
— Newell’s Old Boys – English News (@Newells_en) June 25, 2025
Dazzling march
Messi – who recently celebrated his 38th Milan – began his football career with the Argentine New Yols Boys Club, before leaving the Barcelona La Masia Academy in 2000.
Polga began his career at the level of Barcelona’s first team in 2003, but he became a key player in the team except in 2006.
The first title of Messi with Barcelona was winning the 2004-2005 season, while his last title was to win the French league 2022-2023, along with crowning the World Cup with Argentina in Qatar 2022.
The total of Messi’s titles with the Blaugrana reached 35 titles, and after his departure to Paris Saint -Germain, Inter Miami achieved several championships to own 39 championships in the teams that he played in her favor.
And internationally, the “flea”, which won 8 gold balls, succeeded in achieving the Copa America 2021 championship with Argentina and then in 2024 after losing the 2007, 2015 and 2016 finals next to the 2014 World Cup final.
And in the year 2022 in Qatar, the Argentine legend decorated its wardrobe in the World Cup, along with the Champions Championship “Finalelasima” against Italy.
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