At simply 17 years, three months, and 22 days previous, Lionel Messi makes his official league debut for Barcelona, approaching as an alternative late within the recreation. in opposition to Espanyol. On the time, he turns into the youngest participant to characterize the membership in an official recreation after becoming a member of the membership’s famed La Masia academy in 2000, shifting from Argentine membership Newell’s Previous Boys as a 13-year-old.
