DBasia.news – Ronaldinho felt fortunate when he was able to provide assists for Lionel Messi’s first goal.
Lionel Messi rose to the Barcelona senior team, shortly after the Blaugrana brought in Ronaldinho from Paris Saint-Germain. At that time, Ronaldinho immediately became the club’s main star.
“When I arrived in Barcelona, there was already talk of a prominent child,” recalled Ronaldinho, in an interview published by Panenka.
“Then we made friends. We started playing together and played really well. He appeared by being different from the others, and we talked with [Frank] Rijkaard so he came to train with us. Everything flowed so fast,” he said.
Ronaldinho, who led Barcelona to win the 2005/2006 Champions League, was later considered to be Messi’s mentor. The 2005 Ballon d’Or winner even provided the assist for Messi’s first goal in Barcelona.
Messi himself scored his first goal on May 1, 2005. He suggested his first goal against Albacete with a lob that passed the goalkeeper, after utilizing Ronaldinho’s pass.
“I was fortunate enough to be able to feed him for his first goal,” recalls Ronaldinho.
“Over time, it was very nice to see someone who was close enough and then conquered the world. We were very close. We learned a lot of things, he taught me Spanish and I taught him Portuguese, but with the ball, we understood each other perfectly.”
“I am amazed at how calm he is. That is something I like about him; he never gets into trouble, he is always with his family and those closest to him. Leo has everything, he doesn’t need anything from me,” said Ronaldinho, who then moved to AC Milan in 2008.