Messi & Me (2018)
An Unexpected Journey to Pursue a Dream.
After giving up on his dream of playing professional soccer, Matt Eliason's spectacular bicycle kick stole the spotlight from the great Lionel Messi and offered him a second chance.
- Date of release
- 2018-05-23
- Runtime
- 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Renny Maslow
Casting
- Matt Eliason — Self
- Lionel Messi — Self (archive footage)
- Thierry Henry — Self (archive footage)
- Alexi Lalas — Self
- Tim Lenahan — Self
- David Roth — Self
- Gerardo Alvarez — Self
- Aron Johannsson — Self
- Hjörvar Hafliðason — Self
- Gregg Ryder — Self
- Erlingur Gudmundsson — Self
- Hjalti Hardarson — Self
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