BOMBAZO: MESSI DA UNA LECCIÓN BRUTAL AL FUTURO BALÓN DE ORO 2026! — Transcript

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1. 0:00Pay attention, because Messi has
2. 0:02received a historic award, an award
3. 0:03that almost no one in soccer has ever
4. 0:05touched, and instead of bragging,
5. 0:07instead of reminding us that he has
6. 0:08more Ballon d'Or trophies than anyone,
7. 0:10he has done just the opposite. He has
8. 0:13taught a lesson, a lesson in humility,
9. 0:15and he gave it coincidentally just
10. 0:17before the Ballon d'Or gala.
11. 0:20Coincidence? Those words were aimed at
12. 0:22whoever the new Ballon d'Or winner will
13. 0:24be. Who was Messi really talking to?
14. 0:28And how has Lamine Yamal taken all of
15. 0:30this? Stay until the end, because I'm
16. 0:33going to explain what many media
17. 0:34outlets don't dare say out loud, and
18. 0:36I'm going to give you my unfiltered
19. 0:38opinion on why I believe what Messi has
20. 0:40done goes much further than just a
21. 0:41wake-up call. Let's get our bearings,
22. 0:44because I want you to understand
23. 0:45everything from the start so that no
24. 0:46one gets lost. It turns out that Leo
25. 0:48Messi has been given the Princess of
26. 0:50Asturias Award for Sports. And watch
27. 0:52out, this isn't just any award; it’s
28. 0:54not just one more trophy for the
29. 0:55display case, it’s not just another
30. 0:56Ballon d'Or of the many the Argentine
31. 0:58already has. This is something else
32. 1:00entirely. This is one of the most
33. 1:02prestigious awards that exists in the
34. 1:04entire world, not just in soccer, but
35. 1:05in sports and beyond sports. An award
36. 1:09presented by the King and Queen of
37. 1:10Spain, led by Princess Leonor, in a
38. 1:12solemn ceremony at the Campoamor
39. 1:14Theater in Oviedo. An award that has
40. 1:16been won previously by the likes of
41. 1:17Rafa Nadal, Fernando Alonso, and Serena
42. 1:19Williams, who was the one who took it
43. 1:21home last year. We are talking about
44. 1:23big leagues here; we are talking about
45. 1:25a recognition that isn't given to just
46. 1:27anyone, and it’s not given for
47. 1:28scoring goals—it’s given for what
48. 1:30you represent, it’s given for who you
49. 1:32are. And this is where it gets
50. 1:34interesting, because notice how curious
51. 1:36it is: why did they give Messi this
52. 1:37award? What is it that they highlighted
53. 1:39about him? It wasn't just the talent,
54. 1:42it wasn't just the titles, which are
55. 1:44staggering—we are talking about the
56. 1:45footballer with the most titles in
57. 1:47history, 47 trophies, a madness that no
58. 1:49one else has. But what they highlighted
59. 1:54, and I want you to keep this word in
60. 1:55mind because it will be the key to this
61. 1:57whole video, was his humility, his
62. 1:59consistency, his commitment to the team
63. 2:01above himself, his exemplary behavior
64. 2:03on and off the field, and all his
65. 2:05charitable work, everything he does for
66. 2:06underprivileged children through his
67. 2:08foundation as a UNICEF ambassador. So,
68. 2:12the biggest winner in football history
69. 2:14isn't being rewarded for winning; he's
70. 2:16being rewarded for his behavior, for
71. 2:18who he is. And that, my friends, in
72. 2:21today's football—the football of egos
73. 2:23, social media, and constant feuds—is
74. 2:26something you don't see every day. And
75. 2:29that’s where I start asking questions
76. 2:31, because the timing of all this
77. 2:33couldn't be more perfect, but I’ll
78. 2:34warn you, the best part is coming in a
79. 2:36bit. But wait, wait, before we get to
80. 2:40the real heart of the matter, I need
81. 2:41you to fully understand which Messi
82. 2:43we're talking about, because otherwise,
83. 2:45you won't grasp the magnitude of what
84. 2:46he's done. Do you want to know why this
85. 2:50lesson in humility hits so hard right
86. 2:51now? Then stay with me, because this
87. 2:53will make you think. Let’s set the
88. 2:56stage. Messi is 39 years old. He has
89. 2:58won everything a human being can
90. 3:00possibly win on a football pitch.
91. 3:01Champions Leagues, league titles, World
92. 3:03Cups, and Ballon d'Or awards galore. He
93. 3:06is probably, along with one other we
94. 3:08all know, the greatest player in
95. 3:09history. And yet, when they give him
96. 3:11this award, what does he do? Does he
97. 3:12come out saying, "I deserve this. I am
98. 3:14the best. No one has done what I've
99. 3:16done." No, not at all. Messi drops a
100. 3:19line that I personally find to be one
101. 3:21of the greatest things he has ever said
102. 3:23. He says that nothing he has achieved,
103. 3:26he achieved alone; that behind every
104. 3:27accomplishment are teammates, family,
105. 3:29and so many people who helped him along
106. 3:31the way. He finishes by saying he hopes
107. 3:35his story serves many boys and girls to
108. 3:36keep dreaming through hard work and a
109. 3:38love for the sport, knowing that the
110. 3:40most important thing is trying to be a
111. 3:41good person and respecting the values
112. 3:43that sports teach us. Hold your horses
113. 3:46for a second. Hold your horses. Did you
114. 3:48hear that correctly? The most important
115. 3:50thing is to be a good person and
116. 3:52respect values. This is coming from the
117. 3:55guy with the most Ballon d'Ors in
118. 3:56history, the one who could have the
119. 3:57biggest ego on planet Earth because he
120. 3:58would have earned it. Yet, he stands
121. 4:01there before the King and Queen of
122. 4:03Spain, before the entire world, and
123. 4:04what he highlights is not his greatness
124. 4:06, but humility, respect, and teamwork.
125. 4:10And naturally, when I hear this, I
126. 4:12can't help but look at the calendar, I
127. 4:14can't help but look at what is about to
128. 4:16happen in the world of soccer, because
129. 4:18this doesn't just happen at any time,
130. 4:20it happens at a very specific moment
131. 4:22and that is where things get spicy. But
132. 4:25before we get to the Ballon d'Or, which
133. 4:27we will get to, you have to understand
134. 4:28something even more powerful about this
135. 4:30award, and that is that this prize is
136. 4:32given by Spain. And do you know what
137. 4:34happened this very year between Spain
138. 4:35and Messi? Hold on because this is key,
139. 4:37because it turns out this year there
140. 4:39was a World Cup, the World Cup we were
141. 4:41all waiting for. And in that World Cup,
142. 4:44who crossed paths with Argentina? Spain
143. 4:46. And who beat Messi's Argentina in a
144. 4:48key match, leaving them without the
145. 4:50glory of repeating? Spain. The Spanish
146. 4:53team was the executioner of the
147. 4:55Argentine dream. In other words,
148. 4:57Messi's Argentina fell at the hands of
149. 4:59the country that is now giving him the
150. 5:00most important award in his history.
151. 5:02And this is where a small man would
152. 5:04show resentment, would show wounded
153. 5:05pride, would start looking for excuses.
154. 5:07And what did Messi do? Well, he
155. 5:09acknowledged the defeat with a
156. 5:11naturalness that puts everyone else to
157. 5:13shame. None of that "we were robbed,"
158. 5:14none of that "it was the referee," none
159. 5:16of that looking for culprits everywhere
160. 5:17. Simply accepting that the rival was
161. 5:19better that day, and that's it. That is
162. 5:21greatness, that is sportsmanship, that
163. 5:23is exactly what this award recognizes.
164. 5:25And pay attention, because there is a
165. 5:27detail here that many don't know and
166. 5:29that I find brutal. There was a sector,
167. 5:33a small but noisy sector in Spain that,
168. 5:35when the award was announced, started
169. 5:37to protest, saying why give it to Messi
170. 5:39, to an Argentine, the most important
171. 5:41award in Spanish sports, asking if
172. 5:42there weren't Spaniards who deserved it
173. 5:44, saying it was a disgrace. A
174. 5:47tremendous controversy was stirred up,
175. 5:49the kind that heats up social media for
176. 5:51days. And Messi, how did he respond to
177. 5:53all those people who didn't want him to
178. 5:55get the award? By going out to fight,
179. 5:57by answering the critics. No, he
180. 5:59responded the only way he knows how: by
181. 6:01staying quiet, appearing in Oviedo,
182. 6:03dedicating time to the children, and
183. 6:04receiving the award with a smile and
184. 6:06with elegance. The best response to
185. 6:09those who criticize you isn't to shout
186. 6:11louder, it's to behave so well that
187. 6:12they run out of arguments. And that,
188. 6:15guys, is something Messi does like no
189. 6:16one else in the world. Do you want me
190. 6:18to tell you now about the madness that
191. 6:20took place in Oviedo when he arrived?
192. 6:23Because this was a real earthquake.
193. 6:25Wait, this will give you an idea of
194. 6:27just how deep the public's affection
195. 6:29for him goes. More than 16,000 people.
196. 6:33More than 16,000 people waiting in a
197. 6:35virtual queue trying to get a ticket to
198. 6:37see Messi at an event with children and
199. 6:39youth at the Sports Palace. The 4,700
200. 6:42tickets sold out in 13 minutes. 13
201. 6:45minutes, folks. Not even the biggest
202. 6:47concerts in the world see that. An
203. 6:50entire city, Oviedo, turned upside down
204. 6:52by an Argentine who doesn't even play
205. 6:54in Spain, who plays across the pond for
206. 6:56Inter Miami, and who also had a private
207. 6:58dinner with the King and Queen of Spain
208. 7:00. I mean, the kid from Rosario, who had
209. 7:04growth problems as a child and no one
210. 7:06gave a dime for, ends up dining with
211. 7:08the Royals and receiving an award
212. 7:09alongside scientists, writers, and
213. 7:11Nobel laureates. Because this award,
214. 7:15don't forget, he shares with people
215. 7:16from science, literature, and research.
216. 7:19Messi, a soccer player rubbing elbows
217. 7:21with the brightest minds on the planet,
218. 7:23and he with the same humility as always
219. 7:25, as if he were nobody special. And
220. 7:28there is a detail that touched my heart
221. 7:30and I think it will touch many of yours
222. 7:32too, because this award for Messi
223. 7:33carried a massive, very tough emotional
224. 7:35weight. You know that this year Messi
225. 7:39lost his father, Jorge, who was much
226. 7:41more than a father; he was his agent,
227. 7:43his pillar, the one who accompanied him
228. 7:45since he was a 4-year-old runt kicking
229. 7:47a ball in Rosario. The one who fought
230. 7:51for him when no one gave a dime for
231. 7:52that tiny kid, the one who took him to
232. 7:54Barcelona as a child so he could
233. 7:56fulfill his dream. And to receive this
234. 7:58award, such a human award, one so
235. 8:00focused on values, just months after
236. 8:02losing the person who taught him those
237. 8:04values, well, imagine what that man
238. 8:05must be feeling. Imagine the mixture of
239. 8:08pride and sorrow. They say that for
240. 8:09Jorge, for his father, this award was a
241. 8:11source of tremendous excitement. And
242. 8:13even so, Messi was there with his smile
243. 8:15, with his usual humility, setting an
244. 8:17example when inside he must have been
245. 8:19broken. That's why I say this is much
246. 8:21more than a phrase. This is an entire
247. 8:24philosophy of life. Alright, now we're
248. 8:26ready. Now that you understand the
249. 8:28dimension of this person, let's get to
250. 8:29the real heart of the matter. Do you
251. 8:31want to know what is about to happen in
252. 8:33soccer and why all of this fits
253. 8:34together in a way that is actually
254. 8:36scary? Well, hold on tight. What is
255. 8:38about to happen is the presentation of
256. 8:40the Ballon d'Or, the most important
257. 8:41individual award that exists for a
258. 8:43soccer player. And this time the gala
259. 8:45has something special because it is
260. 8:47being held in London for the first time
261. 8:49in history outside of France, outside
262. 8:51of Paris. A massive event, all the
263. 8:53elite of world soccer gathered, also
264. 8:55celebrating the anniversary of this
265. 8:56historic award. And there is one name
266. 8:59that sounds above all others, a name
267. 9:01that has every chance to take it home
268. 9:02for the first time in his life. That
269. 9:05name is Lamine Yamal. Yes, friends.
270. 9:08Lamine, the kid from Barça, the
271. 9:10phenomenon, the one who tore it up at
272. 9:12the World Cup, the one who was a world
273. 9:14champion with Spain, the one who has
274. 9:15all of Barcelona at his feet and
275. 9:17rightly so, because the talent this kid
276. 9:19has you don't see twice in a lifetime.
277. 9:22Lamine is, as of today, the big
278. 9:24favorite to win the Ballon d'Or. His
279. 9:26main rival is Mbappé. Let's not forget
280. 9:29the Frenchman from Madrid, who put up
281. 9:30outrageous numbers this season, even if
282. 9:32Madrid didn't win the titles. And there
283. 9:35are also other names out there like
284. 9:37Rodri, who already won it, or some
285. 9:38English forward who was leading the
286. 9:39polls at the beginning. But the one
287. 9:42coming in with the momentum, the one
288. 9:44coming in with the World Cup under his
289. 9:45arm, the one coming in as the most
290. 9:47popular player on the planet is Lamine,
291. 9:49without a doubt. And this is where
292. 9:51everything starts to fit together in a
293. 9:53way that when you think about it, you
294. 9:54say, "Wow, this cannot be a coincidence
295. 9:55." Because, how did Lamine arrive at
296. 9:58this gala? Do you want to know what the
297. 10:00kid has been saying these last few
298. 10:01weeks? Hold on, because this is
299. 10:03important to understand the whole video
300. 10:05and to catch where I'm going. Lamine
301. 10:07has not held back one bit. The kid, and
302. 10:10I say this without disrespecting him
303. 10:11because he has talent to spare
304. 10:12everywhere, has come out in interviews
305. 10:14saying things like he deserves the
306. 10:15Ballon d'Or, that the fight comes down
307. 10:17to him and Mbappé, the two best in the
308. 10:18world according to him. He has said
309. 10:21that he is a different player, that few
310. 10:23players generate as many emotions
311. 10:25watching them play as he does. He has
312. 10:26said that the Ballon d'Or has to be for
313. 10:28the best, for the one that gives the
314. 10:30most pleasure to watch, for the one who
315. 10:31is a step above the others. Even when
316. 10:34they asked him about the favorites, he
317. 10:35took the liberty of leaving out a star
318. 10:37player or two. In other words, the kid
319. 10:39has practically proclaimed himself the
320. 10:40winner before the envelope is even
321. 10:42opened. And hey, he’s clearly not
322. 10:43lacking in confidence, that’s for
323. 10:45sure. He has personality to spare.
324. 10:46It’s part of what makes him so
325. 10:48special and so different. But of course
326. 10:51, when you put those statements on one
327. 10:52side of the scale and on the other side
328. 10:54you put Messi, the greatest of them all
329. 10:56, receiving an award for his humility
330. 10:57and saying that the most important
331. 10:59thing in this life is to be a good
332. 11:00person and stay grounded, doesn't
333. 11:02something clash? Doesn't it seem to you
334. 11:05that the universe has placed these two
335. 11:07things, side by side, in a way that’s
336. 11:09too perfect, too spot on? And this is
337. 11:13where I open up the discussion, as
338. 11:14always, and I want your opinion in the
339. 11:16comments section. But wait, we still
340. 11:18haven’t reached the heavy part
341. 11:20because there’s a detail that changes
342. 11:21everything and almost no one in the
343. 11:23major media is talking about. Let’s
344. 11:25talk about the difference between one
345. 11:27generation and another. And mind you, I
346. 11:29don't want this to be misinterpreted,
347. 11:31with the haters coming out later saying
348. 11:33I’m attacking Lamine or whatever.
349. 11:34I’m crazy about Lamine, I love him.
350. 11:36For me, he is the present and the
351. 11:38future of Barça and Spanish football.
352. 11:39And I hope we get to enjoy him for 15
353. 11:41more years. But we have to be honest
354. 11:43about what we are seeing. Messi, when
355. 11:45he was Lamine’s age, when he was that
356. 11:47kid packing stadiums, what did he do?
357. 11:49Did he come out saying he was the best
358. 11:50in the world, that he deserved this or
359. 11:52that? No. Messi would bow his head, he
360. 11:54wouldn’t speak, he let his football
361. 11:56do the talking, he’d score three
362. 11:57goals and head back to the center of
363. 11:59the pitch looking like an innocent
364. 12:01angel. That was his way, and that way,
365. 12:04over the years, is what earned him the
366. 12:06respect of the entire world. Not just
367. 12:08from those who love football, but from
368. 12:10kings, from presidents, from people who
369. 12:12don’t even watch football but know
370. 12:13who Messi is and what he represents.
371. 12:16And of course, when you see the
372. 12:17greatest in history giving this lesson
373. 12:19and, at the same time, you see the new
374. 12:20star openly saying that he is the best
375. 12:22and that the award is his, it’s
376. 12:24inevitable to compare; it’s
377. 12:25inevitable to think that there are two
378. 12:26paths: the path of the one who stays
379. 12:28quiet and wins, and the path of the one
380. 12:30who talks before winning. And this is
381. 12:33where many people, so many people on
382. 12:35social media have started to say one
383. 12:37thing very clearly: that what Messi
384. 12:39said was a dart, a little message, a
385. 12:41full-blown indirect dig at Lamine and
386. 12:43this whole new generation of players
387. 12:45who, according to some, talk too much
388. 12:47and haven't won enough yet. But careful
389. 12:49, be careful, because this needs to be
390. 12:50taken with a grain of salt and a level
391. 12:51head. Would Messi really throw a dart
392. 12:54at a 19-year-old kid? Would the most
393. 12:57humble guy in football really stoop to
394. 12:58sending indirect digs behind someone's
395. 13:00back? Stay tuned, because here comes my
396. 13:02opinion and I think the direction I'm
397. 13:04taking will surprise you, because it's
398. 13:05not what most people are saying.
399. 13:07Let’s get serious for a moment.
400. 13:09Amidst all the show, I don't believe,
401. 13:11and I say this clearly looking into the
402. 13:13camera, that Messi sat down to think, "
403. 13:14I'm going to drop this line to annoy
404. 13:16Lamine." I don't believe that at all.
405. 13:18Messi is not like that. Messi has been
406. 13:20saying exactly the same thing his whole
407. 13:23life. Humility isn't something he just
408. 13:25invented now for the gala. It’s been
409. 13:27his way of being since he was a
410. 13:28barefoot kid in Rosario. But here is
411. 13:30the key, this is what I really want you
412. 13:33to understand. It doesn't matter if
413. 13:35Messi did it on purpose or not, because
414. 13:37the message, the effect, is exactly the
415. 13:39same. The simple fact that the greatest
416. 13:42in history receives an award for his
417. 13:44humility just when the trendy player is
418. 13:46proclaiming himself the best in the
419. 13:47world is a lesson in itself. Messi
420. 13:50doesn't need to point a finger at
421. 13:51anyone. The contrast speaks for itself.
422. 13:54The mirror is placed right there for
423. 13:55each and every one to look at
424. 13:56themselves in it. And pay attention,
425. 13:58because what happened around the
426. 14:00ceremony reinforces this idea even more
427. 14:01. While Lamine and Mbappé are at each
428. 14:05other's throats to see who deserves the
429. 14:07Ballon d'Or more, campaigning, making
430. 14:09statements, bickering on social media
431. 14:11and in interviews, Messi was in Oviedo
432. 14:12hugging kids and saying thank you. Do
433. 14:16you see the difference? Do you see the
434. 14:17two worlds? On one side, the new
435. 14:19generation fighting for an individual
436. 14:21trophy, for ego, for being number one.
437. 14:23And on the other side, the greatest of
438. 14:25them all, the one who has nothing left
439. 14:27to prove, setting an example of what
440. 14:29really matters. And I'm not saying it,
441. 14:31the facts say it, the images say it.
442. 14:33Let's return for a moment to the pitch,
443. 14:35to the mud, which I know is what you
444. 14:36guys really like. Do you want to know
445. 14:39what's going to happen at the Ballon
446. 14:40d'Or gala and why this lesson from
447. 14:42Messi could set the tone for the entire
448. 14:43night? Well, stay tuned, because this
449. 14:45is about to get really heated. Look,
450. 14:46let's be clear and fair; Lamine has a
451. 14:48great chance of winning the Ballon d'Or
452. 14:50, and if he wins it, he'll deserve it.
453. 14:53Let it be very clear that I don't want
454. 14:54anyone to misunderstand me. World
455. 14:57champion, a brutal season, a phenomenon
456. 14:58with a ball at his feet, a player who
457. 15:00changes games all by himself. But what
458. 15:03is at stake that night isn't just the
459. 15:05trophy. What is at stake is how he wins
460. 15:07it and, above all, how he behaves after
461. 15:09winning it. Because look at how
462. 15:11interesting this situation is, what a
463. 15:13movie-like script. If Lamine goes up on
464. 15:15stage, takes the Ballon d'Or, and gives
465. 15:18a speech like "I told you so, I'm the
466. 15:20best, I deserved it, I knew it," well,
467. 15:22he's going to look terrible right after
468. 15:24what Messi did. He'll come off as the
469. 15:27kid who brags, but if Lamine goes up,
470. 15:29takes the award, and thanks his
471. 15:31teammates, Flick, his family, the fans,
472. 15:33and shows a gesture of humility, a
473. 15:35gesture of maturity, then, friends,
474. 15:37that kid will have learned the lesson
475. 15:39without anyone needing to teach it to
476. 15:41him directly. And that is where I think
477. 15:44the masterstroke of all this lies,
478. 15:45because think about it carefully, think
479. 15:47about it slowly. Messi doesn't need to
480. 15:49say anything else. He has already said
481. 15:51it all; he has set the bar very high,
482. 15:53he has shown what the right path is,
483. 15:55without needing to name any names. And
484. 15:56now the entire new generation, starting
485. 15:58with Lamine, has a mirror in front of
486. 16:00them to look into. Flick himself, the
487. 16:03Barça coach, has been saying for some
488. 16:04time that Lamine is going to win the
489. 16:06Ballon d'Or, that he deserves it, that
490. 16:08he's a genius. The club president also
491. 16:10defends him to the death, but winning
492. 16:12it is one thing, and carrying it with
493. 16:13the elegance that Messi carried it for
494. 16:15all these years is something very
495. 16:16different. And that, friends, is the
496. 16:19true crown that Lamine still has left
497. 16:21to conquer, not the one for the best
498. 16:22player. He's already got that almost in
499. 16:24his pocket. That one is just a matter
500. 16:26of time. The crown he has left is that
501. 16:28of respect, of behavior, of the routine
502. 16:30of the extraordinary, as they've called
503. 16:32Messi's way. That is the difficult one,
504. 16:34that is the one that truly makes you a
505. 16:35legend. And look, I don't want to
506. 16:37forget the other big protagonist,
507. 16:39Mbappé, because the Frenchman is right
508. 16:41there too, he's also playing for the
509. 16:42prize, and he's not exactly the king of
510. 16:44humility, let's be totally honest. At
511. 16:47Madrid, with Mourinho back on the bench
512. 16:50this season, after all the mess with
513. 16:52the coaches, with Florentino changing
514. 16:54managers like shirts, the atmosphere is
515. 16:57hotter than ever. And Mbappé wants
516. 17:00that Ballon d'Or with all his might; he
517. 17:02desires it like crazy. So, Messi's
518. 17:04lesson isn't really just for Lamine,
519. 17:06it's for everyone, it's for a whole
520. 17:08generation that sometimes seems to
521. 17:10think they're bigger than they are
522. 17:11before having truly won anything. And
523. 17:14that, coming from someone who has won
524. 17:16absolutely everything and remains the
525. 17:17humblest of them all, hits really hard,
526. 17:19it hits where it needs to hit, it hits
527. 17:21the pride. But let me tell you
528. 17:22something, because there's a detail
529. 17:24here that many people aren't seeing and
530. 17:25that for me is the most important part
531. 17:27of this whole story. And that is that
532. 17:29we shouldn't see this as Messi against
533. 17:31Lamine, as the old against the young,
534. 17:33as a fight or a war. That's what some
535. 17:35people want to sell to generate cheap
536. 17:36drama. And yes, I am also here heating
537. 17:39things up, I won't lie to you because
538. 17:41it's my job and because it sparks
539. 17:43debate and I love debating with you,
540. 17:45but the reality, the real reality is
541. 17:47much nicer than it seems. What's
542. 17:49happening is that the greatest is
543. 17:51passing the baton to the new star. He's
544. 17:54telling him, without saying it, "Kid,
545. 17:56you already have the talent, no one
546. 17:57disputes that. Now it's time to show
547. 17:59that you have the head for it too." And
548. 18:01this has always been the case in soccer
549. 18:02, since soccer has existed. How many
550. 18:05promises have we seen that had
551. 18:06everything to be eternal legends and
552. 18:08ended up falling by the wayside for
553. 18:09nothing. A ton, an incredible amount.
554. 18:11And it was almost never for lack of
555. 18:13talent. It was because of their head.
556. 18:15It was because of thinking they were
557. 18:16more than they were. It was for
558. 18:17surrounding themselves with people who
559. 18:18said yes to everything, who laughed at
560. 18:19their jokes, who filled their heads
561. 18:21with fantasies. That's why Messi's
562. 18:23lesson is so valuable, so important,
563. 18:25because talent, guys, talent guarantees
564. 18:27you absolutely nothing. What makes you
565. 18:29eternal, what writes you into history
566. 18:31in gold letters, is how you behave when
567. 18:33you have everything, when you are
568. 18:35already the king. And Messi is a doctor
569. 18:38in that, a professor, the greatest
570. 18:40benchmark that exists on the face of
571. 18:42the earth. And look at a detail that
572. 18:44almost no one has mentioned and that,
573. 18:46for me, finishes it all off. Do you
574. 18:49know that Messi at 39 years old was
575. 18:50still nominated, still appeared among
576. 18:52the candidates for this Ballon d'Or?
577. 18:56Yes, man, at an age where most have
578. 18:57already retired years ago and are on
579. 18:59the beach, he still generates enough
580. 19:01arguments to be in the conversation for
581. 19:03the best in the world. And have you
582. 19:06heard him campaigning? Have you heard
583. 19:08him say, "I deserve another Ballon d'Or
584. 19:10"? "They have to give it to me," never,
585. 19:12not a single word. While others fight
586. 19:14for it, Messi doesn't even mention it.
587. 19:16For him, that subject is already behind
588. 19:17him; he no longer needs to prove
589. 19:19anything to anyone. And that, guys, is
590. 19:21the difference between the one who
591. 19:23still needs the award to feel great and
592. 19:24the one who is already so great that
593. 19:26the award doesn't matter. That is the
594. 19:29maturity that comes from having won
595. 19:30everything. That is the peace that only
596. 19:33the truly great have. And I want you to
597. 19:36think about one thing, because this is
598. 19:37important and goes beyond soccer. We
599. 19:39live in an era where everything is ego,
600. 19:41everything is posing, everything is
601. 19:43social media, everything is "look at me
602. 19:44," everything is photos, money, fame,
603. 19:46and showing off. Kids today grow up
604. 19:48watching influencers who only do one
605. 19:50thing: say how good they are, how much
606. 19:51they have, how much better they are
607. 19:52than others. And suddenly, in the
608. 19:56middle of all that noise, the best
609. 19:58soccer player in history appears and
610. 19:59reminds us that what really matters
611. 20:01isn't how many spotlights are on you,
612. 20:03but how you treat people, how you
613. 20:05behave when no one is watching, if you
614. 20:07are a good person or not. Do you
615. 20:10realize what a lesson that is? Not just
616. 20:13for me, but for all of us, for any kid
617. 20:15watching this video dreaming of being a
618. 20:17soccer player. The thing is, Messi
619. 20:20doesn't just teach soccer, Messi
620. 20:21teaches how to live, and that's why he
621. 20:23receives awards that almost no other
622. 20:24athlete gets. Do you want me to remind
623. 20:27you of some moments from Messi's career
624. 20:28that show this isn't new? That he's
625. 20:30been the same his whole life, because
626. 20:32there are examples that give you
627. 20:33goosebumps. Remember how many times
628. 20:36they kicked him, provoked him, tried to
629. 20:38make him lose his temper on the pitch,
630. 20:39and he, instead of responding with
631. 20:41violence or bad gestures, responded
632. 20:43with a goal and ran off. Remember how
633. 20:46he carried an entire Argentina on his
634. 20:48back for years, enduring brutal
635. 20:50criticism, enduring being told he
636. 20:51wasn't like the others, that he wasn't
637. 20:53good enough for the national team, and
638. 20:55he never gave up, he never spoke ill of
639. 20:57anyone, he kept going until he lifted
640. 20:59the World Cup and silenced everyone.
641. 21:03Remember how, even when winning Ballon
642. 21:05d'Or after Ballon d'Or, he always
643. 21:07credited the team, his teammates, never
644. 21:09himself. That isn't improvised, that
645. 21:12isn't just a pose for a gala, that is
646. 21:14the DNA of a guy who understood from a
647. 21:16young age that soccer is a team game
648. 21:18and that being a good person is more
649. 21:20important than soccer. And that is
650. 21:21where, at the end of the day,
651. 21:23everything we are discussing today
652. 21:24comes from. We are reaching the most
653. 21:26important part, what I really wanted to
654. 21:28tell you from the beginning. So don't
655. 21:29leave now because the best part is
656. 21:31coming. My verdict is coming because
657. 21:33it's time to take a stand, time for me
658. 21:34to give you my unfiltered final opinion
659. 21:36on whether this is a jab or not and
660. 21:38what I really think will happen at that
661. 21:40gala. My opinion, and I say this with
662. 21:42my heart in my hand, looking right at
663. 21:44you, is this. Messi's comment is not an
664. 21:47intentional jab, it's not an attack,
665. 21:49it's not malicious, it's not
666. 21:50mean-spirited. Messi doesn't work that
667. 21:53way, he has never worked that way, and
668. 21:54that is precisely the reason why he is
669. 21:56so great, why he is so loved all over
670. 21:57the planet. But, and listen closely to
671. 22:00this "but," because it is the key to
672. 22:02the whole video, it is the conclusion
673. 22:03of everything. Even if he didn't seek
674. 22:06it, even if it wasn't his intention,
675. 22:07the message arrived all the same and it
676. 22:09arrived at the exact place, at the
677. 22:10exact moment. Because when the best in
678. 22:13history gives you a lesson in humility
679. 22:15just before you, the new king, lift
680. 22:17your first major individual trophy,
681. 22:19that lesson stays burned into you
682. 22:21forever, whether you want it to or not.
683. 22:24It's like when your grandfather,
684. 22:26without scolding you, without raising
685. 22:27his voice, without pointing fingers,
686. 22:29tells you how he did things in his day
687. 22:31and you're left thinking about it for
688. 22:32days. Well, this is exactly the same,
689. 22:35but on a global level, in front of
690. 22:36millions and millions of people. And I
691. 22:38truly, from the bottom of my heart,
692. 22:40hope that Lamine takes that message. I
693. 22:42hope he takes it and makes it his own,
694. 22:44because he has everything, absolutely
695. 22:46everything, to be the next one to
696. 22:47define an entire era. He has Messi's
697. 22:49talent, he has the audacity, he has the
698. 22:51skill, he has the biggest club in the
699. 22:53world, he has the world champion
700. 22:54national team; he only lacks one thing,
701. 22:56and that is time and a level head. And
702. 22:58if he learns from the right person, who
703. 23:00is precisely the man who just received
704. 23:02this award, then there will be no
705. 23:03ceiling for him. He might win all the
706. 23:06Ballons d'Or he wants, but if he thinks
707. 23:08he's the best before he truly is, if he
708. 23:10gets carried away by ego and by
709. 23:12everyone telling him he's a god sent
710. 23:14from heaven, then he could become one
711. 23:17of those promises that were supposed to
712. 23:19be eternal but fell short. And that
713. 23:21would be a shame, a tremendous shame,
714. 23:23one of the greatest in football. So, in
715. 23:26the end, thinking it all over, this
716. 23:28isn't about Messi against Lamine; it's
717. 23:30about Messi showing Lamine, even if
718. 23:33unintentionally, even if without
719. 23:34meaning to, what the true path is—the
720. 23:37path of winning quietly, the path of
721. 23:39letting your actions speak for you, the
722. 23:41path of humility. Because, and I’ll
723. 23:45close with this main idea, you can win
724. 23:47the Ballon d'Or once, twice, or even
725. 23:49eight times like Messi, but the respect
726. 23:51of the entire world, the kind now
727. 23:53recognized by the Princess of Asturias
728. 23:55Award, that isn't given by any trophy,
729. 23:57no matter how golden it may be. That,
730. 23:59you have to earn day by day, match by
731. 24:01match, gesture by gesture, with your
732. 24:03way of being and behaving. And that is
733. 24:05the real lesson. That is the brutal
734. 24:07lesson, the authentic champion's lesson
735. 24:09that Leo Messi has given just before
736. 24:11the Ballon d'Or. And now I want to know
737. 24:13what you think, since that's what this
738. 24:15beautiful community of ours is for. Do
739. 24:18you think Messi's comments were a jab
740. 24:20at Lamine, or is it just his usual way
741. 24:22of being and people are overthinking it
742. 24:23? Do you think Lamine should take note
743. 24:26and learn? Or do you think the kid is
744. 24:29already humble enough and those
745. 24:30statements just show he has personality
746. 24:31and character, which isn't a bad thing?
747. 24:34And the big question, the million-euro
748. 24:36one: who do you think will lift the
749. 24:38Ballon d'Or, Lamine or Mbappé? I’ll
750. 24:40read absolutely all of you in the
751. 24:42comments section; I love reading your
752. 24:44thoughts and debating with you, even if
753. 24:45we don't agree. If you've made it this
754. 24:48far, truly, from the bottom of my heart
755. 24:49, thank you so much, because it means a
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