In This Issue: Lionel Messi

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What-I-got-you-got-to-give-it-yo'-momma! What-I-got-ya … wait. Wrong Flea.

It was only a matter of time before a 5'6" Argentine with a feathery touch, impossible quickness and the kind of speed reserved only for the young managed to beat out a Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist as the most ubiquitous Flea in the world. Yep, just a matter of time. The good news is that on the day of what is surely Lionel Messi's biggest game to this point in his career, we have a lot of good reading material on the man. Start with Chad Nielsen's fantastic cover story, then go behind the scenes on hunting down Messi, and you can even read how soccer can improve itself with a hard look at numbers. Should be enough to get you to the big game.

"WHAT I DO IS PLAY SOCCER"
LIONEL MESSI: BEHIND THE STORY
THE (NO) NUMBERS GAME

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