15 years since it began the legend of Leo Messi in the Barça

Leo Messi sure that it will not forget never on 16 November 2003, the day in which it debuted with the T-shirt of the first team of the FC Barcelona, going out to the terrain of game by Fernando Navarro, in a friendly party against the Port wine that played with reason of the inauguration of the new stadium of the 'dragoes', the Stadium Do Dragao.

Leo Messi was then a juvenile of 16 years that travelled until Portugal beside other five mates of his same category, between them Oriol Laughed and Jordi Gómez. Any of them had gone up never to an aeroplane of the first team, directed by Frank Rijkaard and with Luis Enrique like captain, and any of them would achieve to triumph neither as it has done it Leo Messi.

It was a friendly played in date of stop of selections, and against a Port wine that then was trained by at all less than José Mourinho. The group luso won the party with a lot of ease (2-0), in front of a Barça that formed alignment with players like Jorquera, Oleguer, Gabri and Sergio Santamaría.

Ronaldinho Already had landed in the FC Barcelona, but found in Brazil recovering of an injury. Leo Messi ingresó on the lawn in the minute 75 by the mentioned Fernando Navarro, and in the few minutes that was on the lawn was able to generate a big quantity of danger against the goal of the Portuguese team.

Messi and Cruyff, a beautiful premonition for the Barça

It went in in the field with the dorsal '14' to the back, the one of the another big myth of the history of the FC Barcelona, Johan Cruyff, in what it could understand like a beautiful premonition. After the meeting, the own Frank Rijkaard recognised the innate quality of Leo Messi, to the one who would give more opportunities during the following season, already in official party. "It sees clearly that has quality, that is a player with a promising future", said.

Well, since, they have happened fifteen seasons in which Leo Messi has turned into the player more laureado of the history of the club, with 33 titles: 9 Leagues, 4 Champions League, 3 World-wide of Clubs, 6 Glasses of Rey, 3 Supercopas of Europe and 8 Supercopas of Spain. Almost at all. Now, to the fans of the good football only remains us follow enjoying of a magic that, expect, never finish .