Transcript · Spanish → English
Childhood Memories of Leo Messi
He was very mischievous here at home, because everyone knows him differently.
We used to play cards and nobody wanted to play
because we knew that sooner or later he was going to cheat us.
If he didn't win, surely…
He would scatter the cards. He'd scatter, mix all the cards and the game would end.
He didn't want to go to school, he didn't want to go.
He said no, that he felt bad, that he didn't want to go.
I would close the door, and he'd start throwing stones at me.
He said he wouldn't come at noon,
and he would throw rocks at my house.
So I would go out and tell him, I'm going to tell Dad.
And he would make fun of me. He was very spoiled.
When he was building his career, he always told me that at night he would talk to Grandma and ask her to help him.
She was a very strong role model for him.
We noticed that he was,
unlike his brothers, Pb due to his age, he was the smallest.
He was always first in line. They realized Pb that his growth glands were asleep
and that he had to undergo this treatment.
He was tiny, and we suffered more than him Pb because seeing him inject his little leg by himself.
He did it so naturally. Pb For us, it was so hard,
it was getting harder and harder for us.
This issue with the health insurance had happened,
we tried to find some solution Pb so we wouldn't have to stop the treatment because
he really needed it.
On March 1, 2001, Leo Messi signed Pb his contract with FC Barcelona.
It seems hard to believe when we enter the Pb stadium and see people wearing jerseys with his
It's like a dream.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
Era muy travieso acá en casa, porque todo el mundo lo conoce de otra manera. Jugábamos a las cartas y nadie quería jugar porque sabíamos que él tarde o temprano nos iba a hacer una trampa. Si no ganaba seguro que... Desparramaba las cartas. Desparramaba, mezclaba todas las cartas y el juego se terminaba.
Él no quería ir al colegio, no quería ir. Decía que no, que se sentía mal, que no quería ir. Yo cerraba la puerta, empezaba a tirarme piedras. Decía que no iba a venir al mediodía, me cascoteaba la casa.
Entonces yo salía y le decía, le voy a decir a papá. Y él se burlaba. Era muy consentido. Cuando él estaba haciendo su carrera, siempre me decía que él a la noche le hablaba a la abuela y le pedía que lo ayude. Fue un referente muy fuerte para él. Nosotros notábamos que era,
a diferencia de sus hermanos, por la edad que tenía, era el más pequeño. Era siempre el primero de la fila. Se dieron cuenta de que estaban dormidas las glándulas de crecimiento y que había que hacer este tratamiento. Era pequeñito y nosotros sufríamos más que él porque verlo que se pinchaba la piernita solo. Él lo hacía con tanta naturalidad. Para nosotros era tan costoso,
cada vez se nos hacía más difícil. Había pasado esto de la mutual, tratábamos de buscar alguna solución para no tener que cortar el tratamiento porque él realmente lo necesitaba. El 1 de marzo de 2001, Leo Messi firmó su contrato con el FC Barcelona.
Nos parece mentira cuando vamos entrando al campo y ver la gente con la camiseta con su Es como un sueño.
