His teachers, teachers, youth friends and Barça team mates, along with journalists, authors and prominent figures from the heritage of football, bond in a restaurant to both analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the area, and also to look back at a number of the very significant moments in his lifespan. Viewed from A Lex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's youth and teenage years, by his own first actions, with a football always at his feet, to the choice to leave Rosario to get Barcelona, the parting from his family, and also the role played his career by individuals like Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.