{"id":151998,"date":"2025-12-20T11:16:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=151998"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:16:46","slug":"cesc-fabregas-on-lionel-messis-first-day-at-la-masia-kickin-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=151998","title":{"rendered":"Cesc F\u00e0bregas on Lionel Messi\u2019s FIRST day at La Masia | Kickin&#8217; It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RqKzpLZAJv0?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Como manager, and former Arsenal and Barcelona icon, Cesc Fabregas opens up about his time at La Masia in Barcelona, meeting Lionel Messi&#8217;s first day at the Barcelona academy, his favorite memories in a Barcelona shirt, and growing up among Arsenal legends.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; What is life like at La Masia, Barcelona&#8217;s academy?<br \/>\n01:48 &#8211; Joining Arsenal<br \/>\n03:05 &#8211; Seeing Lionel Messi join La Masia<br \/>\n04:20 &#8211; Cesc Fabregas&#8217; first time facing Lionel Messi<br \/>\n05:38 &#8211; Fabregas returning to Barcelona after playing with Arsenal<br \/>\n08:23 &#8211; &#8220;Full Circle&#8221; moment playing for Barcelona&#8217;s first team<\/p>\n<p>Stream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RqKzpLZAJv0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Como manager, and former Arsenal and Barcelona icon, Cesc Fabregas opens up about his time at La Masia in Barcelona, meeting Lionel Messi&#8217;s first day at the Barcelona academy, his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":151999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}