It was summer of 1996 in Argentina. In a rainy day, Gerardo 'Tata' Martino, one of Newell's Old Boys' biggest legends, was bidding his farewell from the club in their stadium. After the first half, and it was time for the 'Machine of 87'' to show up.
They had won a title last year, with Messi scoring 36 goals in 30 games, so they ran an Olympic lap across the stadium. After doing so, the team made a circle around the center of the pitch and put Messi in the middle, encouraging him to do something. And so, he did: He made some keepie-uppies and the crowd loved it, chanting 'Maradó! Maradó!' and some people doing a standing ovation, as Franco Casanova remembered it.
Messi and Gerardo Martino would later be reunited at Barça in the 2013/14 season when Tata was the manager, then they would meet up again in the national team which he managed from 2014-2016.
That is all for today, so I hope you liked this entry and I'll see you in the next blog.
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