Lionel Messi — 10 Goals That Were Too Good for His Age

Remember the name, Lionel Messi. At the age of 17, scores his first goal for Barcelona. Just 18, he's made a difference. Imagine they'd be wearing orange shirts. And now he's just sprinting through. Still got it! Ah! Messi! Oh my lord! And he's bouncing up and down. The stadium is to take their collective hats off to the magician of Messi. Absolutely unbelievable football. You want to see stardust come out of a player's boots? Lock your beautiful smiling eyes on this. This is magical, mercurial football by Lionel. Messi. Here's the danger man. What an extraordinary start by one of the players of the tournament. Lionel Messi. That's got to be a candidate for one of the goals of this World Championship. Messi has done superbly well. And that is a glorious, glorious goal by Argentina's star performer. Well, he was picked out as the one to watch for Spain. But there's nothing they could do to contain Messi. With a special goal. First touch was super. Second touch exceptional. And the third just rolled beyond the keeper. Five and a half minutes to go. Ah! Messi! I was just about to say that. Five and a half minutes to go. And then Messi scores the big goal. A Messi highlight. And he's in. He wants it back! Messi lifts it up. And what a goal! Argentina! Lionel Messi. How do you describe magic? How do you describe this? It's virtually impossible. Messi. He's going for it. It's a goal. Messi. It's a goal. Messi. Messi! We've been waiting for this! More than ready for Messi. Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi. Messi again. This is what football is all about. It's one of the great El Gran Classico's. Fabio Capello had it all wrapped up against ten-man Barcelona. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a couple of goals, Ramos Nori scored the winning goal, but credit to Barcelona, they freed themselves in the shackles, they took on Real Madrid, and Lionel Messi goes down in the annals of greatness.