Why didn't Messi stay in Spain?

Messi could have represented Spain in this World Cup? Yes, this is not a joke. Messi almost went to the Spanish national youth team that year.

In the 2003 United Arab Emirates World Youth Championship, the Argentine didn't know the name Messi, and Tocalli, head coach of the national youth team, didn't call him into the team. On one occasion, when chatting with Tocalli, a Spanish youth team coach inadvertently said, "Why doesn't Messi play for the Argentine team? If he is Spanish, that would be great. " Hearing this, Tocalli was silent for a long time. From then on, he secretly made a strategy to prevent Messi from becoming a Spaniard.

After the World Youth Championship, Tocalli immediately found out the video sent to him by Messi's father jorge messi, and then immediately called Jorge to tell Messi not to worry. In May 2004, the Argentine Football Association sent a letter to Barcelona, hoping that they could let Messi (misspelled as Meiqi at that time) participate in the national youth team training in June. Barcelona refused this request because they were going to play the King's Cup.

Later, Tocalli heard that the Spanish Football Association found Messi and communicated with him about Spanish nationality. Tocalli immediately proposed to the Argentine Football Association to arrange a national youth tournament, in order to let Messi play for Argentina. Messi returned to the team as scheduled this time. In 2005, Messi became famous in the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, successfully stood on the first team of Barcelona and was also selected for the national team of Argentina. Argentina finally avoided losing a genius.