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The best footballer in the world, Lionel Messi, who has been awarded the Golden Boot prize for the third time in a row as the leader of both the Argentine national team and Barcelona club, was admitted on Tuesday. The prize is awarded to the football player who scores the most goals per season in national championships.
After the awards ceremony, the humble Argentine, as always, said that personal achievements are always second to him after team achievements.
"Personal achievements are not very important to me. I always want my team to achieve victory. I want to win every tournament I participate in. Of course, I am happy when the powerful game of Barcelona helps me win personal titles," Messi said.
However, the striker nicknamed "La Pulga" (The Flea) revealed that at the beginning of his career, he was driven by... cookies to score goals.
"Were team achievements always what drove you forward?" - Messi asked a journalist from the Russian sports newspaper "Sport-Express".
"I'll think about it... No, in my childhood, I used to score goals for cookies. One football academy coach said that if I score a goal, I will get cookies. So I would go out on the field and think only about cookies - I was selfish, caring only about getting sweets every day."
