Not only is he great at playing football in real life, but he's also good in the virtual world, having played games like FIFA multiple times in his spare time, having stated that he likes playing FIFA on his Play Station.
Back in 2012, before his game against Mallorca, he played FIFA on the Play Station alongside Marc Muniesa against another pair. He and Marc ended up as Champions of the Play Tournament. A day later, Messi scored and got a non-Opta assist against Mallorca, winning the MoTM. This shows how good he is both virtually and in real life at football.
He also plays FIFA with Thiago Messi, his son. Considering that Messi has said that Thiago loves to play videogames, we can assume that they play against each other often when Leo is at home. One recorded instance was back in 2017 when they both played FIFA 18 and Thiago either picked Real Madrid while Leo picked Barcelona or they both played on the same team.
He has also called himself "the king" when he plays FIFA on his Play Station against his team-mates back in 2015. And he also played a FIFA 15 tournament against his Barça team-mates back in 2014, where his team tied the first game 3-3 but later won the second game 1-0 on a Golden Goal rule (coincidentally the goal was made by FIFA Messi).
And finally, there's old footage of him playing PES 07 with one of the conductors of the show "Argentinos por su nombre" called Andy Kusnetzoff, and then against Agüero too.
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