Lionel Messi is a legend—Barcelona’s star player and the world’s best soccer player. But when was young, he was so small that his friends would call him "Little Leo: and coaches worried he wasn’t big enough to play. Yet through bravery, talent and hard work, he proved them all wrong.
Tom Oldfieldis the author ofCristiano RonaldoandRafael Nadal: The Biography.Matt Oldfieldis editor-in-chief of soccer review siteOf Pitch and Page.