00:00On September 17, 2000, the life of Lionel Messi changed forever.
00:05And so did that of Football Club Barcelona.
00:08At just 13 years old, the Argentine arrived in Spain for the first time.
00:14He landed at El Prat, Barcelona's airport.
00:17And that's where the story began.
00:18I'm very happy because it doesn't have to do with how we live there.
00:22Even if it's your country, your friends, your family, whatever you want, but here we
00:26live a different life and a lot better.
00:29He was only supposed to attend one training session.
00:32But his stay was extended for two more weeks, even up to a month, until the club finally
00:37signed him.
00:38Well, I play at the middle of the game, and I like to play, to receive a lot of balls,
00:44and to distribute the field by opening the field at the extremes, or sometimes by me,
00:50and try to score and pass it to score.
00:54From that moment on, everything else became history.
00:58It's now been 25 years since Messi began his journey to becoming a legend of the club,
01:04eventually turning into the best in the world, and perhaps in history, proving how one decision,
01:10and a single training session could change his life far beyond the ball.
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