It is easy to proclaim today that the greatest footballer of our times, Lionel Messi was always destined for greatness. In the last decade, the Argentine sensation has not only been the best in the world, but also appears to have had a sanitised Tendulkar-esque life.
While Cristiano Ronaldo has the GQ shoots and the Victoria’s Secret model for a girlfriend, Pele has an ego the size of Alpha Centauri and Maradona had cocaine, for Messi...it’s football and only football.
In other respects too, they are similar. Both Messi and Tendulkar are supremely talented, but not as athletic as their peers in their respective games.
In case the anecdotes don’t seem convincing enough, then see the statistics that implies the same: Lionel Messi is Impossible.