u/yungdisciple

it’s Nov 29 2010 i’m 7 years old, an ipad kid, one day my dad tells me to turn my ipad off and watch the 5-0 el classico in the camp nou on the television. at this time i was never really into football, american sports was my go too, but i didn’t know then that i was about to watch one of those games of the century a true heavy hitter el classico pep vs mourinho cr7 vs m10 etc etc. only time my dad somewhat in an aggressive way told me to get off my ipad mid day before, i oblige to the demand, “i said what are we watching?” he says “it doesn’t matter watch him Messi” i said “who thats?” he says “number 10 on barcelona the short kid in the red and blue jersey with the long sleeves”. may god strike me down if im lying, My eyes where glued to him the whole game and i didn’t think once why my dad would want me to watch this guy and he hadn’t scored i just watched, didn’t think about a goal or assist i didn’t know any of the rules of football, i just watched… Him. the whole game what he was doing was more than just scoring it was something i’ve never seen before in other sports i watched at that time, even his slow walk to getting subbed off when he was looking up to the fans giving him a standing ovation had me in awe. i knew he did something special i haven’t understood yet. That very moment i was hooked that day i knew i was going to being watching a great game. That day i found my new favorite sport in football but i wasn’t prepared for discovering someone so special in messi and i couldn’t comprehend the feeling or express what i saw to my dad, i just knew i needed to watch more and more and more. Im glad i did, im glad my dad wired my brain to this sport and messi. he put me on the right side of history that’s honestly the greatest gift he’s ever given me over anything materialistic was exposing to me messi and the beauty of the sport of football i use as i getaway from the world and forgot about all the bad in on this planet and just escape for 90 minutes. Sometimes i forgot to cherish it but when he’s playing a switch in my brain turns on to appreciate the game. im so thankful because it won’t last forever but i’ll cherish these type of moments until my dying days.