# Messi Answers Questions from Barcelona Youth Team Captains - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2096993215161213433 - Source account: [@MessiiiGoat](https://x.com/MessiiiGoat) - Source language: Spanish - Target language: English - Duration: 6:29 - Published: 2026-09-09 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/es/messi-responde-a-los-capitanes-de-la-cantera-del-bar%C3%A7a.md ## Transcript [0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=4) Miguel, careful, sorry. Okay, whenever you want. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=8) Hi, Leo, I'm Pau. I'm the captain of the youngest team Oh, and on behalf of the team, I'd like to have the same luck I've had today in meeting you. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=18) Today I wanted to ask you two questions. [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=20) The first one: where do you keep your Ballon d'Or trophies that you win? [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=25) Well, first of all, tell your whole team I send them my regards, whenever they want and can, uh, we'll surely see each other sometime. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=34) I keep them at home, where the, the rest are. We made a little space to, to put it with, with the other four. [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=44) And the second one: who taught you how to play soccer? [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=49) I don't know, honestly, when I was very little, I liked it. I started playing when I was three or four, I was already kicking the ball. Uh, I come from a family where we all loved soccer very much. [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=62) I have an older brother who also played, so, I gradually got the hang of it on my own. And, and then, then on the team that, that I ended up on, I was learning things, but even as a little kid, I liked it. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=77) Hi, Leo, I'm Pablo López, captain of the U-12 A team, and for both me and my team, seeing you play and make your moves is inspiring. [1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=85) Well, I wanted to ask you— two questions. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=87) The first is: was it hard to leave your family and your friends? [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=91) Yes, it really was. It was very hard because it was a uh, very big change, I was leaving many things behind. [1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=101) And, well, it was, it was difficult because I didn't have the chance to, like other kids at La Masia who live closer to, to Barcelona and can visit their families, uh, I couldn't. So, it was even more difficult. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=116) I saw her once a year, twice a year and, honestly, it was difficult. [2:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=121) And the secon-- when you were little, did you think you would be the best player in the world? [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=125) No, honestly, when I arrived here, I came with the dream of, of being able to make the first team, being able to be part of, of... of the professionals, but, but I never imagined everything that, that I would experience afterward. [2:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=142) Hi, Leo, I'm Alex Rico, a player on the A youth team, captain of the A youth team of FC Barcelona. And on behalf of my team, we're very proud that you were able to win your fifth Ballon d'Or and we hope you win many more. [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=156) I'd like to ask you a few questions. What do you recommend, what advice do you give us kids who are starting to play soccer? [2:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=165) Well, I always say I don't like giving advice, right? [2:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=167) But if I have to tell them something, it's that, that they enjoy it, that make the most of all, all the opportunities that, being at Barcelona gives you, that they make the most of every, every situation, every minute of, of what they may get to experience here, [3:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=183) having the good fortune to be at, at a clan, at a club as big as this one, as big as this one, to be able to have the opportunity it gives you, not only in football, but in, in life, to be able to— the possibility of being able to study, [3:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=195) to be able to grow, to get an education. I think that, what's important is to make the most of all that and then enjoy football and be as professional as possible, possible and give it your all. [3:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=209) What memories do you have of La Masía when you were little? [3:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=214) Well, actually, I didn't sleep at La Masía because I was with, I was with my father, but I went to school there, at León XIII, where all the kids from, from La Masía went, and I spent the day, the day there. [3:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=225) I came from there and stayed until the afternoon, when I trained. [3:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=229) Uh, very fond memories of all those afternoons spent with, with all the kids who were in the same situation as me, away from their, from their families and, and with the dream of making it to the First Division. Honestly, they were very beautiful times. [4:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=244) Hi, Leo, I'm Arnau Comas, the captain of Cadete A. And on behalf of my teammates, we're very happy that you've, you've won the fifth Ballon d'Or, and we hope you win more. [4:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=254) Uh, I'd like to know how you manage to stay motivated, given that with Barcelona you've won every possible title. [4:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=262) Uh, I'd like to keep winning much more. I've always said that whenever a new year begins, uh, we have a team goal, which is to win everything we compete for, because of where we are, which is this club that, that always strives for everything. [4:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=277) And my mindset is to finish my career with a great many titles, so the more, the better. [4:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=284) And then, if, if you think Barcelona's style of play helps you improve and become the player you are. [4:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=290) Yes, without a doubt, it does. The philosophy of this, of this club and, and the players Barcelona has and that, that all that made my growth what it was. [5:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=302) (Not translated) fue. [5:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=304) I'm Juanma García, captain of Barça's Under-19 A team, and on behalf of the whole team, I wanted to tell you that we're super proud of you, of, of your five Ballons d'Or, of, of having you at the best club in the world and We hope to keep enjoying you for a much longer time. [5:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=324) Uh, what does it feel like to hear that you probably, probably are the best player in all of history? [5:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=333) Well, honestly, it's amazing to be able to hear something like that, just the mere fact that it's said and thought, is a great honor for me. [5:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=347) But aside from that, honestly, I try not to stop and think about it, but to live day by day, to enjoy everything that I get to go through and think about what's to come. [5:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=359) And what does it feel like to be the player with the most Ballon d'Or awards? [6:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=364) Well, a bit like before, it's very nice to be able to receive this award for what it means to have received, uh, the fifth one recently, but, as I just told you, that's already behind me. I don't think about it anymore, and I think about, [6:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7ubfCuMg6PMd/en/messi-answers-questions-from-barcelona-youth-team-captains?t=380) for the rest of this year, try to, repeat everything we did last year.