# 31 Minutes With Messi: The Meeting and the Gift That Delighted Him - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119030066055086387 - Source account: [@ryanspfc7](https://x.com/ryanspfc7) - Source language: Portuguese - Target language: English - Duration: 9:01 - Published: 2026-11-07 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/pt/31-minutos-com-messi-o-encontro-e-o-presente-que-emocionou-o-craque.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him) Then I got there, yeah, his assistant came and welcomed us and all, showed us around the place, right? [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=8) Then we were standing in the hallway, and a little while later, he came walking over. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=12) Then I spoke to him the way I showed you guys I was going to. [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=15) "Hola Leo, cómo estás? Bien? Ah, muy bien, mucho gusto. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=18) De dónde son? Ah, son from Brazil, damn it," we started chatting and all, you know. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=21) "Ah, did you come to watch the game?" "Yeah, yeah, damn it." [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=25) Then I said, like, man, um, it was really cool to meet him in person there, that, man, a lot of people we have in common had spoken really highly of him, right? [0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=36) Then I mentioned Nei, and, and Ronaldinho, I mentioned Ronaldo, and all that. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=41) And he was, damn, smiling like crazy, damn. [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=44) He was so excited, like, I really wasn't expecting it, right? [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=46) I was expecting it to be something more chill, you know? Let's see how it goes, you know, who's this guy coming in, damn, I thought it was some— dude, man, what an incredible guy. [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=57) What a scary-ass badass! Badass! Man, I prayed a lot before leaving home, I asked God to give me just the peace of mind to live that moment and all. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=69) And, damn, I've lived through some really incredible moments, right? [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=72) With some incredible players, with huge idols, right? [1:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=76) So I kind of prepare myself emotionally, at least for the first day, right? [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=81) Because by the second or third, you get used to it. [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=83) That's how it was with Ronaldo, with Ronaldinho, I only met Cristiano once, and that's how it was with Neymar too. [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=89) But I was thinking hard about that, because I said, "Man, yeah, apart from Lampard, right, which I think is where I'll be most nervous, it's gonna be crazy, because Messi doesn't speak my language, damn, my Spanish is good enough, damn it, [1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=104) because of all the time I spent with a lot of Mexicans, I think he'll understand me, you know, but I was kind of tense. [1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=110) But, damn, when I got there at the stadium, man, it felt like, it felt like I was going to play soccer, man. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=116) It felt like I was going, like, to the mall or something, man. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=118) Not to meet Messi, man. Man, let me tell you. [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=125) How crazy. I got to the hotel here, started writing the text, man. [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=131) I even had to cry in the middle of writing it, man. How bizarre, man. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=138) Damn, so bizarre. The things God has given me in my life, something like that, terrifying. Terrifying. [2:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=151) I couldn't film much, right? We were only allowed to take pictures and stuff. [2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=157) Because the whole thing was a photo, and the chat with him was supposed to last about five, ten minutes. [2:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=164) Man, I spent 31 minutes talking to Messi. [2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=170) 31 minutes talking to Messi, man. [2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=174) Not 31 seconds. It was 31 minutes talking to Lionel Messi, man. [2:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=179) What was that? His smile at the gift is something like, man, let me tell you, it's inexplicable. [3:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=190) The smile this guy gives at the gift I give him is something incredible, man. [3:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=196) It's incredible. If you stop to look at this photo here, his smile is a child's smile, like, "Damn, what an awesome gift." [3:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=205) I figured it would be awesome, but I didn't think he, he'd engage with the gift so much. [3:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=210) He opened it, then he looked at the photo and said: "Is this the original photo from back then?" [3:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=213) I said, “Yes, it’s the original game certificate.” [3:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=216) The original championship certificate, which I managed to print and everything.” [3:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=219) And it’s okay, don’t cry now, because I’m crying here, just drowning in tears, but at the time, I was totally fine, okay? [3:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=225) Before you think I was, like, freaking out— no, I was totally fine. [3:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=228) I said, “It’s the certificate for the game, and this is the medal, it’s the same medal from back then. [3:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=233) I had it made as a gift for you.” Then he looked at the gift and said: “What a gift!” [3:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=237) He just stood there looking at the gift. [3:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=239) “What a gift.” It’s God, God. There’s no other option. God. [4:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=243) Then I went over and talked to him. I said: “Look, we have something in common, I was born in 1996, and in 1996 something really big happened in your life. [4:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=255) Do you remember?” Then he said: “Um, what? ’96?” [4:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=260) I said, “Yes, it was your first A trophy you won internationally. [4:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=266) You were about eight years old and you won your first title in your life.” [4:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=272) He goes, “In Peru?” He remembered the championship. [4:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=275) Then I said, “Yes, in Peru. And last year, yeah, at the Libertadores, when I went to watch, uh, Flamengo and Palmeiras, I looked for the guy who had the medal and found him. [4:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=289) And here, I have a gift for you. You have this medal? I don't think so.” [4:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=293) I said, “But now you do.” My brother, when I open the box, my friend. [5:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=300) Then I joked with him, saying: “I think your life is pretty hard too. [5:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=304) What do you think about living here in Miami?” [5:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=306) Then he goes, “Ah, it's really nice here, really, really beautiful, really safe, really peaceful for the kids too.” [5:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=314) Then I said, “Also, what a life, what a bad life you live, right?” [5:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=318) One hour you live in Barcelona, then living in Paris, now living in Miami, it's Lionel's horrible life. [5:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=324) Then he went and laughed like that, the asshole. [5:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=327) Then we kept chatting there and I'd already told his assistant that I wa— that I wanted to give him a gift, I wanted to ask his assistant's permission. [5:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=335) I said, "Man, I wanted you to see the gift." [5:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=337) He said, "No, make it a surprise." I said, "Man, but I need to see if you'll like it too." [5:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=341) He said, "No, show it to him when the time comes." [5:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=342) My brother, when I open my backpack to give him the gift, I don't know, man. [5:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=352) It felt like I was talking, talking again, it felt like I was talking to a childhood friend of mine, man. [5:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=356) I was so at ease. I can't understand why I was so calm. Seriously. [6:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=360) And then we keep talking and stuff, you know, talking about Yeah, our mutual friends, right? [6:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=367) Talking about life, I said, man, whenever Ronaldinho talks about him, he always speaks very highly of the start of his career with, uh— of the start of Léo's career, when he started and all that, you know. [6:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=378) Man, Neymar thinks he's an incredible idol, damn it, and that he helped him a lot professionally, and all that. [6:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=385) And then we were just chatting and stuff. [6:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=387) Then I joked around with him and said, uh, he asked where I lived, I said I lived in Rio. [6:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=392) Then I said to him: uh, “And when are you going to Rio?” [6:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=395) He said he'd been there for the World Cup and stuff. [6:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=397) Then he asked, uh— Then I asked him: “But you have to go during Carnival, shall we go to Carnival next year?” [6:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=404) I invited Lionel Messi to come enjoy Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. [6:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=409) I invited him. I said, “Look, you have to go because I have a box at Rio, there at Sapucaí, to dance samba. [6:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=414) Just you, me, Antonelli, and no worries because Rio security is with me, there won't be a problem.” [7:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=420) Then I said to him: “Well, can we take a photo to remember this gift?” [7:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=424) Yeah, then he went and asked, you know. Yeah, “Can I hold the medal? [7:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=430) I, I, can I, um, touch the medal, hold the medal?” [7:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=433) I said, “Of course, it was your medal, it was the first one of your life.” [7:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=437) Then he went and picked up the medal like this and took the photo. [7:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=441) I said, “Fuck, bro, that’s terrifying.” Then came the other part of the gift, which was the children’s gift. [7:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=446) I said, “Wait, it’s not over yet. You have one more. [7:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=452) This one wasn’t for you, It was a challenge for you. [7:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=456) Here you go, the T-shirt. Then I opened the box like this. [7:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=460) “The T-shirt you had worn on the trip to the, the, the game you played in Peru. [7:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=469) And there had been three more T-shirts, one for Thiago, another for Ciro, another for Matthew, so you could talk about your first title with them.” [8:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=480) Then he opens the box like this, then he looks at the photo and goes: “I remember, I remember that photo. [8:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=487) How did you get it?” I said, “I'm a huge fan of yours. [8:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=491) That's how you got that photo.” Then he looked at it and said, “I remember.” [8:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=495) I said, “But you don't have any more. The only ones you have now are the three.” [8:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=499) Then I pull out the three T- shirts like this, bam, bam. [8:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=502) Then I show them to him. “This one was Ciro's, this one was Thiago's, this one was Matthew's. [8:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=506) But you have to do the challenge of talking to him today, t-to them today, before going to bed about your first medal that I— about, for you, about your first medal that you'd won in your life. Okay? [8:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=522) He goes, "Okay, okay." Then I go over, close the present, and so on, and he says: "What a gift, so nice, incredible," and all that shit. [8:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=529) I said, "Fuck, I, I'm so lucky to live in your generation. [8:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=534) It was the least I could do for you, since you brought so much joy to us." [8:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MHLpoj30WDzS/en/31-minutes-with-messi-the-meeting-and-the-gift-that-delighted-him?t=538) Then he goes, "Oh, thank you so much.