It is no secret that Leo Messi and Sergio Aguero are good friends. However, not too many know how the bromance between the two started.
Messi and Aguero first met when both were teenagers, being called up to represent Argentina’s youth team. In 2005, the duo was summoned for the U20 World Cup and the coach had them stay in the same room.
At that time, Aguero was planning on moving to Europe and Messi, who was already playing in Spain, helped him with advice. It’s said that the real bond was formed for a different reason, though.
During the tournament, news came out that Independiente’s goalkeeper and one of Aguero’s close friends, Emiliano Molina, had died in a car accident. Leo was the first to receive the news and he was the one to support Sergio through that dark period.
There were goods news as well, as Argentina ended up winning the U20 World Cup, with both Messi and Aguero playing important roles.
At that time, Messi did know Agüero, a player who became very famous for making his professional debut at the age of 15. However, the “Kun” did not know who he was. Sometime later, the former football player recounted how his first conversation between the two was:
– “What’s your name?”
– “Lionel”.
– “Ah, just like me, almost. (Kun’s middle name is Leonel). And your last name?”
– “Messi”.
Then the teammates said to him: “Don’t you know who he is?” (In 2005, Messi was already considered talented in football). It is not known who it was, but someone from Argentina’s coaching staff decided that both would share the same room. In that tournament, both were the stars of the world champion Argentina under 20. From there, Messi and Agüero became inseparable friends. In fact, every time they played for Argentina, they shared the same room.
However, the personalities of the two are very different. “Kun” is a more active and energetic person, while Messi is calmer and calmer. But it was that difference that made the two of them such friends. “He made you laugh all the time with anything. We are very different. He is playing all day and I am calmer. He jokes, he gets tired of playing, and then he jokes again”, said Messi in an interview.
Messi, Aguero and thenball boy now Espanyol star Wu Lei.
Since then, the two forwards always share the same room while at the national team and also sit side by side be it on bus or plane.
They play and train close to each other.
They also drink mate together.
Troll each other.
Read each other’s books.
And last but not least, celebrate together when one of them becomes a father.
Unfortunately, one of their dreams can never be fulfilled. They both dreamed of playing for the same club and thus being able to spend more time together. And they were very close to fulfilling it! Agüero signed a contract with Barcelona, just in the season that Messi left the Catalan team.
