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Paul Phillipson

Professor Celeollo

English 101

11 May 2022

Textual Rhetorical Analysis

Luis Lionel Andres Messi (“Lionel Messi”) is one of, if not, the most popular soccer player in

the world. Born on June 24 1987, Messi was the youngest player ever to play for FC Barcelona.

At the age of 16, Messi made his first appearance for FC Barcelona. Messi was born in Rosario,

Argentina and moved to Spain at the age of 13 where he was offered the chance to train at FC

Barcelona’s youth academy. At a young age, Messi was diagnosed with hormone deficiency

which restricted his growth. Shorter than most of the kids at his age, Messi showed great talent

and skills which put him in front of many organizations; one of which was Barcelona. Many

organizations showed interest in him but due to his condition, little to no one wanted to pay for

Messi’s medical treatment. However, Messi was given a trial with Barcelona where he impressed

the coach. Barcelona offered Messi a contract which included Barcelona paying for Messi’s

treatment in Spain.

That was just a little background and what the great Messi had to go through to get to where is

now. The video I did an analysis on was a gatorade commercial about Messi. It kept saying

“Don’t go down” it would flash back and all the different struggles he went through and then say

“Don’t go down”. I think the message it kept saying to me was throughout life there will be

many challenges. With him it was being the smallest on his soccer team and now being the
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greatest soccer player on earth. Even when nobody believed in Messi he believed in himself and

then made his way by climbing the ladder to get to the top. It shows no matter how hard any

thing is if you believe in yourself you can do it.