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Messi (World Soccer Legends)

by Illugi Jökulsson

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Brian said: " My book review is over the book I really enjoyed, Messi. Messi was born on June 24, 1987. He is a professional soccer player that plays for the famous Barcelona team, and international team Argentina. He first started playing for a club that was coac My book review is over the book I really enjoyed, Messi. Messi was born on June 24, 1987. He is a professional soccer player that plays for the famous Barcelona team, and international team Argentina. He first started playing for a club that was coached by his father. At the age of 13 Messi was diagnosed with hormone deficiency and was not going to be able to continue his soccer career but FC Barcelona offered to pay for his medical bills as long as he would train with them. Messi was now becoming the greatest soccer player in his country. After making his first debut at the age of 16 with FC Barcelona, he had already put his name in the record book for the youngest player to score a goal for the franchise. Messi was able to lead his team to success winning La Liga in 2010 and 2011. He is one of the most famous athletes in the world and even after retirement he will always be remembered. Barcelona agrees to pay 21 million per year and because of that he is one richest athletes in the world. I believe the author looked at Messi in another perspective to be able to write like he did. This author did an amazing job in describing everything about this athlete, this would have to be one of the best books I have read in a long time just because of the way it is written and all of the details the author uses. Something I didn’t like about this book was the fact that it focused all in his sports and success but never mentioned his family. I think the author should of wrote more about his kid and his wife, it would of made the book more interesting and I would have learned a lot about Messi. Something I really enjoyed from this book was that the author went into so much detail about his success in the sport of soccer. I think this is well deserved for Messi because of all his hard work he had to do to be able to play professional soccer. Of all this book it was really hard choosing one quote but the one that meant the most to me was, “There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy child. I always help in any way I can, even if it’s just by signing an autograph. A child’s smile is worth than all the money in this world” (page 135). This quote goes to show how much of a good person he is, and just because he has a lot of money he will continue to help the poor and who ever is in need. I would definitely recommend this book to other people because I found this to be one of the most detailed books I have ever read and because this book is also motivating. It shows that no matter what problems you have, in Messi’s case hormone deficiency, that with hard work and determination anything can be done. ...more "

May 06, 2016 09:28AM · see review