RTo remember is to live again. Returning to the past provides an opportunity for memories to bring good feelings to the present. Especially when Lionel Messi was lucky enough to play against Lionel Messi when he was still a child, but the qualities that made him different were already emerging. Goalkeeper Hernan Galindes remembers him because he played against him when he was a youth player at Newell’s Old Boys.
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It may seem strange that the goalkeeper of the Ecuadorian national team would remember this line. It must be clarified that Galíndez is Argentine by birth and Ecuadorian by naturalization. His childhood in the city of Rosario coincided with that of Messi. On the field, they passed each other representing the area’s two identity jerseys, Rosario Central and Newell’s. The goalkeeper trained at the Canara club, where he made his First Division debut in 2008.
Galíndez hasn’t forgotten how, when he was still a child, Messi hit the ball under the net. It was Leo’s magnetism on the ball that caught the goalkeeper’s attention. Because no one could take the ball away and he carried it with the ball stuck to his boot. He was impressed by witnessing his opponent perform moves and actions similar to those of professional soccer players, which was extremely advanced at the time.
He played for Abanderado Grandoli, a club very close to my house and my grandparents’ house. That’s where we met. In fact, the first goal I remember as a goalkeeper was one he scored. He dribbled past five teammates, including me.
In addition to his natural personality and love of football, Messi exploded with the virtues of football when he was called by a nickname that was given to him both as a means of identification and to embarrass him. If Leo heard himself being called that, he would vent his anger by tearing apart defenders on the pitch and scoring goals.
They always called him “The Redhead Who Plays with Ten.” By the time you heard that, you were already losing 3-0.
The origin of this nickname is Leo’s hair. As a child, he was blonde, so his mane was almost reddish. To this day, Galíndez remembers when Messi became a world-class soccer prodigy.
Galindez experienced the Rosario derby.
For Messi, football has an emotional and sentimental debt. That means wearing the Newell’s Old Boys jersey in the First Division and playing in a traditional game against Rosario Central. He has a background as a member of the club’s youth team, but not as a professional. On the other hand, goalkeeper Galindes fulfilled both of these cycles and was able to protect Canara’s goal from Newell’s.
