Lionel Messi gives rare interview on "60 Minutes Sports"

We mentioned earlier that 60 Minutes is turning its investigative gaze to the world of

sports

in tonight's first-ever

sports

edition of 60 Minutes. Bob Simon has a

rare

interview

with Le about Messi, the record-breaking goal as a soccer player for Spain's world-famous Barcelona soccer club. Messi G takes the pass off the wall and plays absolutely brilliantly, that goal was a work of art and the sculptor won. The solitary Messi is hailed by Barça fans not as a great athlete but as an emperor or more, I'm afraid they got a bit. Messianic is now in the disordered stage as we all worship at his feet.

It is a temple where football is played at its best and he is the high priest and that is why we are worshiping Stakes here and Barcelona is not the only temple. millions are watching on six continents there are 1,500 Barça fan clubs around the world this is the Smithfield a bar on West 28th Street in New York City houses the Manhattan branch of the Messi cult and guess who just scored a goal Bob Weinberg is a leader of the Brooklyn contingent Messi is possibly the greatest player of all time he doesn't overpower you he plays smart he's not huge he's just incredibly fast and he's great now and he has a great team behind him the other players in the Barça are responsible for more goals than their share and they help Missi as much as he helps them when people tell you, hey Leo, you're the best player in the world, how does that make you feel?

How do you react to that? Very grateful, happy and happy. that this is the opinion that people have of me and the fact that they say and think that about me is obviously a wonderful thing. Do you realize how much joy you bring to people? Yes, I think everyone feels joy not only for me but because of this Barça team that has been winning and playing very well lately, Bob Simon is here, he is the best in history. I don't know anything, but people who do know say it's better than Maradana, it's better than P.

I've never seen anything like it. What makes it so good? What do they say about the way it is? It's an art form for him. AHA. He is not just an athlete. In fact, when you talk to people about him, they compare him more to Mozart than to Mozart. to maradana uh because it's art, it's art, it's beautiful, it's beautiful to watch, it does things that you can't understand, I mean, it will dribble past professional defenders that usually don't get beat like this when you do a piece like this and you do a lot of these, ya Be it a musician or a businessman or an international athlete, what are you looking for, what makes them do what they do and with Messi there is no doubt, heh heh?

He loves to play, yes, and it's not a question of playing with socks, he just loves to play, it started when he was three years old and for him he still plays when baseball or football players are called players. I wonder if they're really having fun, but he's having fun, sure the agulation is fun, but if the stands were empty, he'd still be doing what he's doing, thanks Bob.