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Lionel Messi: the story of a football great

In a special documentary, Guillem Balagué looks at how Lionel Messi became one of the world’s greatest players.

In a special documentary, Guillem Balagué looks at how Lionel Messi became one of the world’s greatest players, hearing from teammates and opponents from his extraordinary career. He examines Messi’s struggles to win an international trophy with Argentina, the inevitable comparisons with Diego Maradona and how Messi came to dominate at club level with Barcelona.

Hear from Cesc Fàbregas, Pablo Zabaleta, Rio Ferdinand, Hernán Crespo, Gary Lineker and many more on the rise and rise of one of football’s greatest ever players.

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01:35 – Messi’s early years
15:20 - Messi and Maradona
20:15 - Messi, Pep and dominance with Barcelona
28:00 - Winning an international trophy with Argentina

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42 minutes

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