A video of Argentina captain Lionel Messi’s interview as a boy went viral after he led the side to their third FIFA World Cup win on Sunday.
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The viral video was shared by football club Newell’s Old Boys in which Messi played as a child. In the interview, he was asked if he knew he was named man of the match after scoring two goals in the match. He replied with “No”.
Messi then talked about his performance in the match.
“The ball came from Federico Rosso Griggini gave it to Lucas, Lucas gave it to me and I scored it,” the prolific footballer said. He dedicated his goal to his family members and fans.
🎙️🐐 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙊𝘼𝙏
A young Lionel Messi speaks after a goalscoring performance for Newell’s Old Boys. This may be his first ever post-match interview. #Newells pic.twitter.com/wWI3o6kUZL
— Newell’s Old Boys – English (@Newells_en) November 5, 2021
The clip won social media after it made rounds on social media platforms.
They done turned this boy into a savage pic.twitter.com/HqYlsFZ43K
— Professor Finesser (@dafinessekeed) November 5, 2021
He was born to play football.
His greatness was known right from childhood and he grew up becoming the GREATEST PLAYER.
Watching him play is like watching love movies. pic.twitter.com/LeopbnCxmk— Agoh Tiza 🇳🇬 (@AgohTiza) November 5, 2021
Probably the most iconic interview in the world of football 😳👏
— mubarak مبارك (@perch_2) November 6, 2021
This is greatness, Messi acknowledging his teammates when asked about his goal indicates how humble he’s always been. A certain underwear model would have jumped from one end of the pitch to the other shooting suiiiii on top of his lungs 🤣🤣
— El chico de Aflao (@setus4u) November 6, 2021
According to Newell’s Old Boys, Federico Rosso Griggini briefly played for Brescia in Italy before going on to have a decent career in Argentina, where he played in the Primera División with Chacarita Juniors.
The #FIFAWorldCup Champions club has a glorious new entrant 🇦🇷
🏆 Lionel Messi’s Argentina! pic.twitter.com/pZxZYRs8O3
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 19, 2022
The Lucas that Messi refers to is likely to be lifelong friend Lucas Scaglia, a cousin of the skipper’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo. He met her at Lucas’ house.
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Moreover, Messi mentioned Gerardo Grighini, who played as a defensive midfielder from Córdoba, who moved to Italy as a youngster and played in Serie B and Serie C, most notably with Cittadella and Vicenza.
📸🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/RzHopavYJP
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 18, 2022
Messi played the leading role in this year’s world championship with seven goals in the tournament. Moreover, he became the first player to score in each round of a World Cup since the last-16 round. He became the first player to win the Golden Ball award twice.
