The ability to plan several steps ahead and promptly adapt to a rapidly changing environment is essential to being an elite soccer player ... makes elite athletes as good as they are has ...

Having played alongside many football legends at Barcelona, including Ronaldinho, whom Messi specifically praised for his early mentorship, and against Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi's choice underscores ...

While he's one of the smaller players in elite European soccer at 5'6", he's not that ... resulting in him looking roughly four-feet tall.