Lionel Messi, the Argentine mastermind, a true genius at his game has mesmerized us again and again with his outstanding performances throughout his career. This generation is blessed to have to see him live on our televisions. The six-time Ballon d’Or champion has a fantastic vision to find assists and helping his team to win. His style of play is fabulous being a captain or a striker or a false nine, his ability to adapt according to the situation of the match is a great quality to have in any team. One of the match-winning performances by Lionel Messi came on March 10, 2007, when he scored his first hat trick against Real Madrid at just 19 years of age. Football Critics definitely identified that Messi is going to be a big phenomenon someday and here we are.

Talking about his another El Classico rivalry match where he scored the decider against Real Madrid making the score 3-2 and opening his shirt showing love to the fans and silencing the haters who thought he wouldn’t make a difference in the match. We have numerous videos online, and we do not have to stress on this much but he’s one of the best free-kick takers in the world. His World Cup Qualifier goal against Uruguay bought Argentina back into the match and made them qualify for the World Cup single-handedly.

Indeed, he is one of the greatest players to ever exist in this beautiful sport of football.