One of the best players in the history of American basketball league is fan of football and stated that he would like to meet the star of Barcelona. "I love football and I hope you can hear," he confessed.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard and took photos with Kun Agüero during a luncheon in the dining room of the villa. Now going by La Pulga.

At the Beijing Olympic village can generate a large gathering of world sport: the star Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi and the U.S. NBA Kobe Bryant.



It was stated publicly that Bryant unconditional follower of the player from Barcelona and when the news service of the Games asked him if he had any athlete who would like to know, in a perfect Italian replied: "Yes, yes, of course: Messi" .

The escort also Los Angeles Lakers confessed his passion for the sport king, "inculcada in the years he spent in Italy while his father, Joe" Jellybean "Bryant, played in several basketball teams in the Italian league. "I love football, I love football and I hope you can hear", topped Bryant, who went last year and a training team Barca in the Nou Camp, while on vacation in Barcelona.

It would be a meeting between Olympic stars to be in the medallero Beijing 2008: Bryant next to the "Dream Team" of the United States will try to recover gold, in the hands of the selection argentina, and Messi will seek to hold together the team of Chechen Batista, presea golden obtained in Athens.

Every four years, cites this world produces changes in the behavior of some athletes who are transformed into what is often uncomfortable: their fans. Those who are more accustomed to being photographed claimed not hesitate to take the maximum now in session from sports stars to portray them with some admired colleague.

Rafael Nadal, the world number one, acknowledged that attitude when asked if he had asked someone photographed together: "This same Sunday, I asked one by Phelps," the great American swimmer who could become the great figure of these games, for the moment already has two gold medals hanging on his neck.

In the meantime, the star of the NBA already has photos with Sergio Agüero, with whom was found in the dining room of the Olympic village during a luncheon.

But Bryant not only admires the Argentine kid. The very Diego Buonanotte, deputy natural footballer Rosario, admitted that it welcomes the chance to play alongside Lionel and said: "I am amazed, is impressive. This is the first time you see it from so close. When you have more confidence I am going to request a T-shirt, "he said with the freshness of his own 20 years.

On the verge of initiating his fourth campaign with the Barça, Leo is called to being the player decisivo

Tras to astonish at its goals, the Argentinean must confirm its candidacy to the Ball of Oro

Two years after it placed his name in the European soccer panorama with a shining performance in the Gamper before the Juve (exactly such day as yesterday, but of the 2005), Leo Messi is called to being the determining player of Liga that today raises the drop curtain. Although only it is 20 years old, its name appears already between the candidates to the Gold Ball after astonishing to the entire world at goals of authentic genius, several of them emulating the very same Diego Armando Maradona. The last sample of the impressive goleador repertoire offered the week last before the Bayern de Múnich. With a spectacular volea it gave the victory him to the Barça in the party that meant its reappearance after its vacations.

Legend like Maradona, Platini, Capello, Valdano, Beckenbauer or Ronaldinho has surrendered to their quality. The last praises to Leo have arrived from their Thierry companion Henry and his technician, Frank Rijkaard.

Within ten years I will be able to say that I played with Messi

it affirmed to the French to the Country, giving samples of which the Argentinean is called to enter the club of the chosen ones. Rijkaard, in an interview granted yesterday to Sport World, tried to reduce conscious pressure to him that all the centers aim at Leo, although also finished surrendering to the soccer dowries of his pupilo.

Merece to be between the candidates to the Gold Ball. There are several and it is one. Messi is Messi, a great player, already has demonstrated so many things. I hope to take advantage of all that quality in the field ", explained the azulgrana technician on the Pulga

Equal of been thankful that unalterable to so many flatteries, Leo Messi only has in mind that arrives the hour from the party morning in Santander that will open the official season of the championship for the Barça.

Ya had desire from which east moment arrived to begin competir

it affirmed yesterday to Md, expectant by the opening before the Racing.

Although it likes the challenges like a nobody, the main obsession of the Argentine forward is that a campaign like the 2006-2007 at collective level is not repeated.

Quiero to remove me to the thorn from the season pasada

explained the international albiceleste, after, weighs of its great parties, did not manage to gain no title of the five important ones to which it inhaled with the Barça nor the America Glass with Argentina.

Fijo in the eleven of Rijkaard
Unless Frank Rijkaard changes of opinion to last hour, Leo Messi has reserved one of the three seats of the advantage to be moderate tomorrow to the Racing of Santander in the debut of the Barça in Liga. In spite of getting up itself later that the rest of its companions, the Argentine already demonstrated in Múnich that is in the heat of it forms

En the unique equipment of the 4 fantastic the fantastic one was Lionel Messi

/> could not begin better the season for Lionel Messi.
returned to the discipline of FC Barcelona this same lunes.

What presumia like a duel of great scale in relidad and in spite of them name that habia in the field, was a party from its beginnings very gray, and in which single convirtio collaborates to the spectacle Lionel Messi who for want of 5 minutes for the end a fantastic goal.