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Argentine footballer Lionel Messi relaxes during a training session ahead of the match in Kolkata.
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Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (R) vies for the ball with Albania's goalkeeper Isli Hidi during a friendly football match at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2011. Argentina won 4-0.
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Argentine forward Lionel Messi(L) and Bolivian midfielder Jaime Robles(C) argue next to Bolivian goalkeeper Carlos Erwin Arias during a 2011 Copa America Group A first round football match held at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata, 59 Km south of Buenos Aires.
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Argentine forward Lionel Messi (C) is marked by Costa Rican defenders Oscar Duarte (L), Johnny Acosta (2-L) and Heiner Mora (R) during a 2011 Copa America Group A first round football match held at the Mario Kempes stadium in Cordoba, 770 Km northwest of Buenos Aires.
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Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) vies with Villarreal's Argentinian defender Gonzalo Rodriguez R) and Villarreal's goalkeeper Diego Lopez (L) during their Spanish League football match on August 29, 2011 at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.
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Barcelona's Argentinian midfielder Lionel Messi spits after scoring a goal during the UEFA Super Cup football match FC Barcelona vs FC Porto at the Louis II stadium in Monaco.
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Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates his goal during the second leg of the Spanish Supercup football match FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. Barcelona won the Spanish Supercup 3-2.
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Argentina's Lionel Messi (C) vies for the ball with Chileans goalkeepeer Nicolas Peric (R) and Jorge Vargas (L) during a friendly match at the National Stadium in Santiago. Former and present day star footballers, including Argentine Messi and Chilean Marcelo Salas, play the match in behalf of the Chilean Red Cross.
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Lionel Messi gestures during their 2011 Copa America quarter-final football match against Uruguay, at the Cementerio de Elefantes stadium in Santa Fe, 476 Km north of Buenos Aires.
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Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates with the trophy at the end of the UEFA Champions League final football match FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United, on May 28, 2011 at Wembley stadium in London.Barcelona won 3 to 1.
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Argentine footballer Lionel Messi practises during a training session ahead of the match in Kolkata. Argentina 's football team, lead by the newly elected captain Lionel Messi, came to Kolkata to play in the first ever FIFA Friendly International Match on the Indian subcontinent against Venezuela.
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Lionel Messi practises during a training session ahead of the match in Kolkata. Argentina 's football team, lead by the newly elected captain Lionel Messi, came to Kolkata to play in the first ever FIFA Friendly International Match on the Indian subcontinent against Venezuela.
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