Leo Messi He took the floor as soon as the press conference began to say goodbye. Overcome for the moment, very emotional, crying, the Argentine star has cost him at the beginning to put together the speech, which he had given turns, many turns, many more than he thought. It has been six minutes. This is the excerpt of his goodbye.
“Good morning. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to talk. These days, I was thinking and thinking about what I could say. The truth is that nothing came out, I was blocked. This is very difficult for me, after so many years and making my life here. I was not ready. Last year, with the burofax, I was convinced, but this year I was convinced to continue here, to continue in our house, which was what we wanted the most. ”
Messi He stopped for a moment to take a breath, to wipe away his tears, with his family, with Antonella and their three children. “We always superimposed our well-being and continue to enjoy life in Barcelona, in sports and in everyday life, which is wonderful. Today I have to say goodbye to this. There are many years here, I came to be very young with 13 years and after 21 I have been going with my wife and three Catalan-Argentine children for years. This is our home. “
He tried to gather the thanks. “I have to thank my teammates and the people of the club for everything, even those we don’t see. I always tried to handle myself with humility, respect and I did so with everyone in this house. I hope this is what remains. from me, apart from giving many things to the club. I went through many beautiful things, also bad things, but that made me grow. I gave everything for this club and for this shirt from the first day I arrived until the last. I’m leaving more than satisfied. I would have liked to say goodbye in this way, I never thought about it, but I would have liked to do it with people, in the field. I would have liked to have one last ovation. ”
The pandemic has prevented it. “I missed them so much during the pandema, I wanted to hear a standing ovation with my name on it. If I had imagined it, it would be with the stadium full and being able to say goodbye. It happened like this, but I want to thank all the affection of these years. The affection of the people was always the same and I felt the recognition and love of this club. Hopefully I can return to this club, in whatever way. Hopefully I can contribute so that this club continues to be the best in the world. Surely at the moment I forget many things, I am not in the best conditions. We better move on to question time. Thanks to all the world”.
It was then that the audience broke into a long and emotional applause. The ovation he did not get from the people, but from a room with the players.
Here you can see the entire press conference
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