It was eleven years ago

The Gamper, trophy in which Messi gave to know to the World

Published:10/08/2016 - 15:18h

Updated:10/08/2016 - 15:28h

This Wednesday the FC Barcelona confronts to the UC Sampdoria in the Trophy Joan Gamper, a mythical that repeats year after year in the hitoria Barcelona before acada season. A Gamper where a day presented to the world Leo Messi

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This Wednesday will take place the last friendly party of the FC Barcelona in the pre-season 2016. It will do it in front of the UC Sampdoria in a Trophy Joan Gamper that will serve like way of prensentación in front of the Barcelona fans of face to the new season that is about to to begin. A tournament that always will be in which an Argentinian youngster come of Rosario gave to know to all the world.

The Camp Nou was witness of luxury of the birth of the best player of the history of the football, Leo Messi. And although many remember the party in front of the Albacete like the first of the Argentinian genius, went in the Gamper where gave to know for the first time and left an exhibition for the memory that arrived even to enamorar to the technician of the Juventus, rival this night of the Barcelona, Fabio Capello.

"Never it had seen at all the same in a boy of 18 years", said the own Capello in his day and that recently recognised that this day asked him to the FC Barcelona the cession of that young footballer. But the Barça did not do it and could like this enjoy in first person of the history done present. Leo Messi enamoró to the parish culé from the first day and until today, when it already is the idol of half world and has in his have multiple records that hardly will be able to be surpassed.

That day in front of the Juve many carried the hands in command. Who was that "pequeñajo" that dribbled with this soltura? Footballers like Cannavaro, Nedved or Thuram suffered the impudence of a player to the that nicknamed the flea. That Messi that received in the right band and with an astounding ease went of his pair to direct to the centre and hilvanar some played of danger with his mates.

Now, ten years afterwards, can check like Capello did not make a mistake. Leo happened of the number thirty to the díez, to play of right extreme to where him plazca, to be this youngster with impudence, dribbling and spark to be the best player in the history of the balompié. But this day especially will happen to the posterity for being the first day of Messi with the FC Barcelona. And like such, it is necessary to celebrate it as eleven years have happened already.

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