14 Promising Players and a Star
After having successfully cut through much red tape, young 13-year-old Leo Messi finally joined FC Barcelona's youth team B on April 7, 2001. Almost another thirteen years later, this Young Argentinian has become the leading star in soccer history, with four Ballons d'Or and countless other sports awards to his name. A young player's dream come true.
But what about his very first teammates? Where are they now? Did they continue down the football path and are they, too, now fulfilling their dreams of playing on the Barcelona Camp Nou?.
"Messi's Striking Touch" is a story about 14 boys who trained together - their successes, failures, high moments and disappointments - and who shared that early period in their fledgling sports careers with Messi.
Those 14 boys, especially Dyong Mendi, take a nostalgic look at their past opes and dreams and at how their lives have since evolved, differently from the future they once imagined for themselves.
They all have one thing in common: having shared a soccer field with Leo Messi.
"Messi's Striking Touch" is more than a typical report on the soccer world and its stars. It explores the feelings and hopes of those whose dreams didn't come true, and also paints the portrait of another more personal side of Messi, the star, who reached his goal.
A first-rate documentary by sports writers who work closely with, and have a first-hand view of, the Futbol Club Barcelona and its players.
But what about his very first teammates? Where are they now? Did they continue down the football path and are they, too, now fulfilling their dreams of playing on the Barcelona Camp Nou?.
"Messi's Striking Touch" is a story about 14 boys who trained together - their successes, failures, high moments and disappointments - and who shared that early period in their fledgling sports careers with Messi.
Those 14 boys, especially Dyong Mendi, take a nostalgic look at their past opes and dreams and at how their lives have since evolved, differently from the future they once imagined for themselves.
They all have one thing in common: having shared a soccer field with Leo Messi.
"Messi's Striking Touch" is more than a typical report on the soccer world and its stars. It explores the feelings and hopes of those whose dreams didn't come true, and also paints the portrait of another more personal side of Messi, the star, who reached his goal.
A first-rate documentary by sports writers who work closely with, and have a first-hand view of, the Futbol Club Barcelona and its players.
