Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo - World's Top Players

• Leo Messi height only 169 cm. He was not always a high figure. When he came in Barcelona as a boy 13 years old from Barcelona, ​​height 137 cm, nearly 30 cm shorter than the average child that age Barcelona.
• While still a child, Messi was suspected contracted a rare growth hormone deficiency. The condition occurs with probability 1 of 20 million people. That's not heredity. His sister, Maria Sol, for example, is a young woman high.
• The average cost of treatment, including injections every day for three to five years, reaching £ 100,000 per year. This amount of money could not be financed parents Messi. Messi began treatment in 1998.
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• At that time, his father worked in the steel mill, his mother in a magnet factory. Health insurance to treat Messi out in two years.
• Messi's old club Newell's Old Boys was originally offered to pay half the amount of injection of, but payments start coming in late, and parents Messi became impatient and bring them to trial children in Barcelona when the opportunity comes.
• Family Messi joined Barcelona when he decided to study there in February 2001. They are not so much familiar with their new city, and was surprised to learn that the city is on the seafront. Because not feel at home, mother and siblings returned to Rosario, the birthplace of Che Guevara, in the summer of that year.

Messi, who is also a summer vacation in Argentina, asked repeatedly what he wants to do, he decided unilaterally to return to Barcelona. Messi's father, Jorge, who like his son's face and handle the finances up to this day, persist in Catalunya for his side. The young star admits she sometimes feels very bad and often cried in her own home, so that her father could not see

Messi looks like a prude, but it turns out he was as lively as when he was on the field. "People who know him think he's in the locker room as cachondo. He used to joke," said Carles Folguera, director of La Masia, Barca's academy.

Messi comes from the force in 1987, together with Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas. In his early days with the first team, players petite Argentina was almost chose the wrong path. He often follows when the Brazilian Ronaldinho partying in the city. One day Messi was pulled out.
"You've got two choices," said Pep Guardiola, who was handling the team Barcelona B. "First, you keep on partying and out of here in a matter of days. Alternatively you start eating regularly, do not drink alcohol, early sleep, exercise and come on time.'s The only way we can be the best in the world."
In Spain, a hot debate going about whether Messi better than Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese player was someone special. He was a true and happy galactico self-effacing. He never brags doing press-ups a thousand times every day to maintain muscle belly.
His attitude became worse when things are not going good for him in the game, aside childish things that still can not be ruled out. His mother gave him the nickname 'baby cry' when she was a child, because he sometimes cries if his colleagues did not cry when he gave feedback to them, which might explain why he was so happy dribble.
In the FIFA World Player of grace 2007, Ronaldo was almost in tears when she was announced as the third best player after Messi and Kaka, who became the winner.

Messi comes from the 1987 class, together with Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas. In his early days with the first team, players petite Argentina was almost chose the wrong path. He often follows when the Brazilian Ronaldinho partying in the city. One day Messi was pulled out.

Although the development of a reasonable soul and attitude not easily angered, Ronaldo is a diligent person. On the field, he is bold, began to leave the habit of diving when I was young, and strong in the air.
Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid counterpart, considers Ronaldo worked hard in the race for the ball, something that is rare for a player like him. "When the team loses the ball, some star players waiting for their peers to win the ball back for them. Cristiano not so. He fights, running, and helping the midfield."
People get confused with his narcissistic attitude. "I think, because I am rich, handsome and a great player, people are envious of me," he said in an interview after the game in 2011, while looking for a reason why opposing players happy to drop it in the game.
It was like making a list of the chemical elements in the periodic table of chemical. Arrogance like this may hurt some people, but some others are grateful for outspoken attitude, a figure that is able to provoke, while the other players in Spanish football in the great silence, like Messi.
His attitude was due to his childhood Munken. He was born in February 1985 on the island of Madeira, which is closer to Africa than to the plains of Europe.
He was given the name of a favorite figure like his father, Ronald Reagan. He was the youngest of four children. One of her sisters and a career in the music world by using her fame Ronaldo chose his stage name Ronalda.

Family Ronaldo is not from a wealthy family. His father, who died in 2005 due to alcoholism, was the gardener; mother is a cook, but their income is limited

His family was not from a wealthy family. His father, who died in 2005 due to alcoholism, was the gardener; mother is a cook, but their income is limited so that they live in a house so small washer on the roof of the house.
At age 12, he left home to join the school football at Sporting Lisbon, which is about 950 km. He was on his way to greatness.
Ronaldo's goal record comparable to Messi. Ronaldo scored the most goals against Real Madrid team in transition. He is stronger than Messi. He is better in the air, and had a unique way like a kick in the banana tree leaf shot away. He became a more effective player under Jose Mourinho, who taught him moving closer to the goal, but he did not mess with the opponent's defense arts like Messi.
Ronaldo, at the age of 27 years, had just learned one or two touches. In a narrow area in the field where Messi often get the ball, he was often the target for bait. Messi created more goals than Ronaldo, such as giving feedback to a pair of goals in the victory terkenalahun, new el clasico 2010. Giving feedback is a hallmark of La Masia children.