As far as Lionel Messi's career has been impressive and inspiring for millions of players worldwide, the burden of comparing the Argentine star to a promising Spanish player was once considered Messi's successor in Barcelona.

The story of Bojan Cricic tells the diary of a player who moved from the lights of major tournaments to the shadows of small teams in search of restoration of glories that looked promising in the beginnings.

He began his career at the La Masia Academy of Barcelona, ​​and has made his way since he was seven years old and has become the most prominent star among his peers and the brighter future in the eyes of coaches there.

A year-long career in the youth teams, the talented player broke all the records and scored more than 800 goals with all the categories he played for.

At the age of 17, the first team opened the door for him to be the youngest player in Barcelona's history to score a goal in the league and the youngest player to participate in the Champions League.

However, the early success weighed on the boy who did not leave the teenager, and Bojan described those moments as the most difficult period of his life, as he moved within months of a boy who loves the ball and practiced passionately out of the spotlight to an extraordinary star in Spain fans are racing to take pictures with him.

With the pressure he experienced due to sudden fame, the comparisons with Messi put a heavier burden on the player, who is required to match each game to prove his eligibility for titles that fell upon him.

The pressure reflected a chronic anxiety suffered by the player and prevented him from living normally for days of continuous because of repeated seizures that caused him a headache and constant fatigue.

One of the implications of this was his decision not to respond to the call-up of coach Luis Aragones to join the squad for the Euro 2008 (Euro 2008) despite repeated insistence and constant demands from the then sporting director Fernando Hero and Barcelona captain Carles Puyol.

Although he missed out on the chance to win the Euro 2008 title, Bojan believes he made the right decision at the time because he benefited from a break that helped him get the proper help to get rid of his psychological problems and get back on track with Barcelona.

With Pep Guardiola's brilliant brilliance, Bojan have struggled to snatch a key spot in an attack that included Messi, David Villa and Pedro, making a decision he thought was the right choice to leave for the club where he learned the alphabets of the ball.

A first experience with Roma was unsuccessful with a tally of seven goals in 37 games, then loaned to Milan for one season and then another season with Dutch Ajax, to follow the march of this fluctuation and count the seven teams in eight years in which the market value has moved from tens of millions of euros to the limits Only one million.

The 29-year-old picked up a new challenge last summer and moved to Montreal Impact, Canada, for a last chance to return to the limelight.