Former teammate: Messi didn’t like studying very much when he was at La Masia, and he was often half asleep and half awake in class

Hupu November 18th News Messi was only 13 years old when he arrived at Barcelona. He joined the La Masia youth academy to complete his education, treat his growth hormone problem, and develop his outstanding talents, which eventually brought him to where he is today. Now, one of his former team-mates has revealed the inside story of a young Messi's first days together at Barca.

The revealer is Sito Riera, a Mallorcan. He completed all the training stages from youth football to the reserve team in Barcelona, ​​then moved to Espanyol, and then went to Greece, Ukraine, Poland and Cyprus, and finally returned to his hometown of Manacor at the age of 38. In an interview with "Balearsenjoc", a podcast about island football, the former Barca player explained the problems Messi faced during some of his lessons at La Masia as a child.

"He is a very shy boy, as everyone knows, but also very interesting. In school at La Masia, he did not like to study very much and was often half asleep and half awake in class. This happened especially in the class of the Catalan teacher. Messi was probably thinking: why don't we speak Spanish, since we are in Spain ".

However, when it came time to play football during recess, his attitude completely changed. When we went downstairs to play, it was about 25 versus 25, and it was a small cement field. The things you saw him do at the Camp Nou, he did it there and you could already tell he was a very special player. "Sito-Riera concluded.