Under the photo, where the young Leo poses in a T-shirt with the number 30, he wrote briefly, but touchingly: “Already 21 years … Amazing.”
The post instantly went viral, garnering more than 3.7 million likes in just a few hours.
In the comments to the post, not only fans reacted, but also famous football pages:
ESPN FC dropped a series of goat emojis hinting at Messi’s GOAT status.
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The Footballing Gods responded with hearts in blue and garnet.
Barcelona’s official page wrote: “L’inici d’una história única” (“The beginning of a unique story”).
And the fans added: “I felt the aura three posts from here”, “The story that changed football forever”.
Messi’s post became a real wave of nostalgia for all Barca fans – because 21 years ago, the world saw a guy with long hair and number 30, who later became the best football player of all time and the owner of eight Golden Balls – an absolute record in the history of football.
Source: sport.ua