Did You Ever Think To Play With Animal Bladders?

A surprising question............... but it is a reality, in Europe, early footballs were made out of animal bladder especially, inflated pig’s bladders. Later, leather covering were introduced to keep their shape.

 In 1851, Richard Lindon and William Gilbert, both shoemakers, exhibited both round and oval-shaped balls at the Great Exhibition in London. 

Charles Goodyear in 1855 exhibited a spherical football, with an exterior of vulcanized rubber panels in an Exhibition at the Paris.   Today’s football mostly made up of leather or plastic and filled with air.

Messi truly the Owesome

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi, is an Argentine footballer, born 24 June 1987, who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. 2009.

He won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the year awards in year 2009. The again in 2010, 2011 and 2012 he won FIFA Ballon d'Or. He also won the 2010–11UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

He became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions, at the age of 24. Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Ballons d'Or, which he won consecutively.

 He has won five La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three Champions Leagues, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups. Messi, made UEFA Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match, achieving the feat in a 7–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen, in March 2012.He also matched José Altafini's record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season. Messi became the first player to top-score in four successive Champions League campaigns.

 He set the European record for most goals scored in a season during the 2011–12 seasons, with 73 goals. In the same season, he set the current goal scoring record in a single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals. He is the top scorer in official competition with 289 goals. Top scorer in La Liga, 196 goals, top scorer in UEFA champion league with 56 goals. Top scorer in European competition with 57 goals. Top scorer in International competitions with 61 goals. Top hat-tricks maker in all competitions with 21 goals. Most La Liga hat-tricks with 15 goals.