I am 24 years old. I have had the pleasure of watching some truly wonderful footballers over the years. Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta. And the list goes on and on and on. But for all of the fabulous footballers that the last two decades have produced, none compare to the jaw-dropping, eye-bulging, brain-boggling brilliance of Lionel Messi.
There is not a player in the world that I have seen who boasts the same balance, the skill, the speed, the technique, the manipulation of his own body, the ball and the defender as Messi.