The curious promise that Messi made for the Argentine team

Lionel Messi promised Barcelona goals and he delivered, but he promised the Argentine National Team something that he could not easily achieve. Together with his representative, they promised that they would not drink Coca Cola until Messi was called to the Argentine team. This happened when Messi was still in Barcelona's youth divisions.

Messi was a fan of soda and his manager knew it. For this reason, during his time at the Masia de Barcelona, they challenged him that until he was called up to the Argentine national team, he should stop drinking. At the age of 15, Messi went 2 years without drinking soda until his call to the Argentine National Team finally arrived.

The level of Messi in the children's divisions of Barcelona was already superlative so they knew that sooner or later the call to the Argentine team was going to arrive. That call came 2 and a half years later and Messi could not enjoy one of his favorite drinks. They claim that it also helped him maintain his athletic figure.

Messi during that time suffered a lot from the lack of Coca Cola but also never broke his promise. They called him from Spain to play for them but Messi always said that he wanted to play for Argentina. When they called him from Argentina, the first thing he did was grab a good cold Coca Cola and enjoy it like never before.