Lionel Messi: Boy Genius

Given a rare night on the Barcelona bench last Sunday, Lionel Messi yanked on the seat in front of him, hunched his shoulders over the chair back and kicked it with his cleats. He seemed not so much the world's best soccer player as a restless kid in a movie theater. He is 23, with a grown-up's income reported to exceed $43 million this year.

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Sanford's Soccer Net @ May 23, 2011 8:36 AM EDT | Blog Profile