Биография Лионелля Месси на англ.

To become a football player was a dream of Lionel Messi. He was born in Argentina in 1987. When he was only five he played for his first team.

Lionel continued playing but at the age of eleven a problem occurred. He stopped growing. The boy\'s family did not have money to pay for the expensive medicine he needed. When he was thirteen, they moved to Spain and the Barcelona football club helped the talented young player: it paid for his medicine. 

Today Lionel Messi plays for FC Barcelona and for Argentina. He\'s one of the best football players in the world.