BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) The quiet Russian town of Bronnitsy was the scene of one of the most tense moments the Argentina team experienced during the 2018 World Cup when Lionel Messi stood up to the then-coach Jorge Sampaoli and yelled: “We don't get what you're saying.
From his earliest goals on the soccer fields of his hometown in Argentina to his arrival in Spain s Barça Football Club, host Jasmine Garsd follows the journey of a gifted kid who would go on to become one of the best. In Argentina, where the national sport is a fierce obsession, Lionel Messi was the one that got away.As Garsd retraces Messi s early career, she examines the consequences of Argentina s devastating economic crisis of 2001, how it shaped Messi s path, and what it meant for her own life.