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Jon M. Fishman
Lerner Publications Minneapolis
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Copyright 2018 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fishman, Jon M., author.
Title: Lionel Messi / Jon M. Fishman.
Description: Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, 2017. | Includes bibliographical
references and index. | Audience: Age 711. | Audience: Grade 4 to 6.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016055020 (print) | LCCN 2016055915 (ebook) | ISBN
9781512434545 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512456189 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781512450903 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Messi, Lionel, 1987Juvenile literature. | Soccer players
ArgentinaBiographyJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC GV942.7.M398 F57 2017 (print) | LCC GV942.7.M398 (ebook) |
DDC 796.334092 [B] dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016055020
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-42103-25397-3/23/2017
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CONTENTS
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Lionel Messi
controls the ball
in a match against
Sevilla FC.
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Me-ssi! Me-ssi! Me-ssi!
If you go to a soccer match in
Barcelona, Spain, theres a good
chance youll hear this chant from
the stands. The fans are cheering
for Futbol Club (FC) Barcelonas
Lionel Messi, one of the best soccer
players in the world. Messi showed
off his incredible talent in a
match on November 6, 2016.
FC Barcelona faced Sevilla FC.
Trailing 10, Barcelona players
raced down the with the ball.
Denis Suarez passed to Neymar.
Neymar danced toward the goal.
He cut to his right. He moved to
the front of the goal as the Sevilla
defense closed in for the . At
the last second, Neymar flicked the
ball to Messis left foot.
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Messi didnt hesitate.
He didnt stop the ball to
line up the perfect shot.
Instead, he smacked the
ball as it bounced toward
him and sent it streaking
into the net. Goal! It was
Messis 500th goal in 592
games with Barcelona.
Later in the game, Messi
raced to the net again.
The Sevilla defense
blocked his path. Messi
passed to teammate Luis
Messi races toward the
ball during the match against
Sevilla FC.
Most soccer players prefer to kick with
one leg. They call this their stronger leg.
Messi ' s left leg is his stronger leg. But he
can also score with his right. He has one of
strongest weaker legs in the world.
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Suarez. Suarez sent the ball zooming into the goal. The
teammates hugged as the crowd roared. Messis
helped Barcelona win the game, 21.
In 2009, Messi won the FIFA Ballon dOr award as the top
player in mens soccer. Then he won the award three more