The Argentine doctor who helped Messi in his childhood puffs out his chest for his growth

With 10 years, Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccitini was a big prospectus of player the one who, because of his problems of growth, had problems for fichar by a club 'big'. In spite of his extraordinary talent, the boy index card of the Newell's Old Boys of Rosario aimed to measure only 1.55 metres, a height very underneath of the average of a professional footballer. Diego Schwarzstein, endocrinólogo Argentinian, explained to EFE how gestó the treatment so that the 'crack' Argentinian reached his current height, 1.70 m., with which has been able to turn into, for many, the best of the history.

In accordance with the Argentinian doctor, the 80 % of the success of the treatment hormonal to the that subjected Messi produced in Argentina. However, the specialist does not subtract merits to the FC Barcelona, club that bet by the forward in the year 2000, when River Plate of his country had refused him to the not being able to ficharle to 'cost zero'. The Boat assumed the treatment that, at present, round the 1.200 euros to the month, a price impagable for the big majority of families in the country sudamericano.

Schwarzstein Explained that 'The Flea' could do measured between 10 and 15 centimetres less than his current height. "Leo has so much quality futbolística that think that would have been able to be professional even measuring 1,50 m., because really it is a crack", comments the endocrinólogo. Besides, it recognised that it saves a big affection and admiration by the today captain of the Argentinian selection, that this Sunday aspires to attain his third World-wide of the hand of the '10'.

"A lot of people, even no Argentinian, wants that this selection win the Sunday by Leo, is like the brooch of his career because it plays to the football as if it was a god", adds Schwarzstein. Like doctor of Newell's, the specialist assumed the treatment of Leo in 1999, which extended during three years with two daily injections of hormones for the growth. The total cost of the treatment rondo the 35.000 dollars, sum paid, largely, by the Boat.

The pride of the doctor of Messi

Although it admits that, of have not been he, any another specialist would have assumed the case of Leo, the Argentinian doctor manifested to feel lucky for having helped to the player of 35 years to surpass his problems of height. "It touched me to me and I appreciate it to him to the destination that put me in the just place with the just person and had the luck to know and help to grow to the one who finished transforming in the best footballer of the world", puntualizó Schwarzstein. The Sunday, Leo will look for the only title that is missing him to his legendary list of winners, the Glass of the World.