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May 1, 2005, that is, exactly 15 years ago, marked the day that an extremely victorious story began. The young and very promising Lionel Messi, who left the bench, scored the first goal of his career, giving Barcelona a 2-0 victory over Albacete in the Spanish Championship.
Since then, 696 more goals have been scored, six golden balls and countless titles, but the question remains: do you remember the players who played in that broken history?
Just so you know that of all the athletes who entered the field and sat on the bench, on both teams, only four more, in addition to Messi, continue to play professionally.
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On the side of Barça, the only partner of the Argentine star who still plays is Andrés Iniesta, from Vissel Kobe, from Japan. On Albacete’s side, there are three: defender Agus García, from ATK, from India; midfielder Paco Peña, from Intercity Alicante, Spain; and striker Rubén Castro, also from Spain, Las Palmas.
See who was related to that match for Barcelona and how the team entered the field:
Victor Valdes; Belletti, Oleguer, Puyol and van Bronckhorst; Rafa Márquez, Iniesta and Deco; Ronaldinho, Eto’o and Giuly. On the bench: Jorquera, Thiago Motta, Fernando Navarro, Sylvinho, Messi, Gerard López and Demetrio Albertini.
For Albacete:
Raúl Valbuena; Denia, Gálvez, García, Mingo; Pacheco, Jaime, Vlaud and Peña; Farinòs and Mark González. On the bench: Gaspercic, Iván Díaz, Peralta, Montiel, Mikel and Castro.
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