Lionel Messi,a player from the South American country of Argentina, 1.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ (be) the greatest soccer player alive today.At a young age,he 2.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ (move)to Spain and now plays professionally for the Barcelona soccer club.Messi started playing soccer at 3.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ age of 5 for a small soccer team 4.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ (own)by his father.Even as a young boy, he did very well.But when he was 11 years old, he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him 5.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡growing much taller.There was a way to help him grow more, 6.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs.So,they looked around for a soccer club 7.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ would be able to do this for them.The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him,but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered 8.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills.The Messi