Today I'm in the USA and I'll try to meet Messi. He's there. Prank. Lionel Messi. This man doesn't need any introduction. He has won eight Ballon D'ors, four Champions Leagues has basically won everything as a football player. And he even lifted the World Cup. I traveled all the way to LA for the first game of the new MLS season and my goal is to meet Messi. But as you might know, this will be hard.

Behind me is the bus of Inter Miami. Which is crazy. So many fans. It's Messi. He thinks you are Messi. Hi, Hi. I'm a big fan of you. - Thank you. - Thank you. I found mini Messi. Hi. Are you Messi? - No. - No? Almost. There was no chance we would meet Messi here. No, that's true. So maybe we go to the stadium, right? Yeah. We missed the bus and then we have the bus arrival at the stadium.

Okay. So hurry. Hurry, let's go. And as soon as we stepped into the car, I found something. - But not the real one. - Son Heung is with him. Sonny? Yep. Sony against Messi. That's the game today. - Yeah, our first MLS game. - That's true. All jokes aside, it wasn't looking good for us. Traffic on our way to the stadium was insane. And just before we arrived this happened.

There are the buses, so we miss them twice. Good start. And normally the game would be in this stadium. But because there are so many people coming to the first game, it's in a stadium next to this one. Finally we arrived. - And. - You're welcome. We need to hurry inside. Okay. - Yeah, let's go. - Let's go. Los Angels Memorial Coliseum, but we need to move on. I will see Messi in real life for the first time today. - My second time. - True. I saw him at the World's Cup in 2018 against Nigeria.

- I think he scored. - I think so. Yeah. You forgot? - Look at this with the music. - This is beautiful. Real USA. But we need to go down all these stairs because we are going as close to the pitch as possible. Let's go. I never saw a stadium with so many stairs, but to be honest, it looks amazing. We are coming from there and we arrived.

- Let's go Messi. Where are you? - Copyright, copyright, copyright. You have VIP seats. You have exclusive seats. And then you have this. This, this is insane. Show us around. This is crazy. Okay, welcome to my crib. - This. this is never seen before either. - No, no. - They don't have this in the Premiere League, La Liga. Nowhere. - Never. Yeah. This looks great. Follow me. So here it's full of celebrities, people who try to meet Celine Dept.

- Even golden seats. - Yeah. You can sit here if you want. You know how people make thumbnails with fake golden seats? - We have real golden seats. - Yeah, true. This are the best seats in the world. - Yeah, right. -.to watch Messi. Look at this. You can have food here. Let's see. There she is. You saw her? - That's crazy. - But Celine is grabbing some food now. - There she is. You were on the big screen. - Yeah, I saw it.

I heard my voice. I was like, "huh, that's me". - Yeah. This is typical USA food. - Yeah. I had to do it, right? So while we were waiting for the game to start. We moved a bit closer to the other sides. I know you, I watch your YouTube channel. - How are you. Thank you. - I'm subscribed. I'm subscribed! We will miss the entrance again. Yeah. Sorry, but. fans first. - Thank you so much. - Siu, Siu. Black on black. Oh yeah. It's okay. It was so nice to meet some of you in the stands, but Messi could enter the pitch any time.

So after taking some more pictures, some signings, we made our way to the spot where Messi walks out. - We need to go. - Yeah, sorry. And we have friends here. - Celine, Messi is coming. - Messi. - Who is coming? - Messi. Messi is coming. Celine! She's way too nice for her hands. - Messi is coming. - Okay. Now we need to go. - Now we're even walking on the pitch. - That's crazy. Oh. Messi, Messi. You have to see how good this pitch is.

No, no. First, Messi is coming. The pitch is out of this world. - I see it. - I know it looks fake, but it's real. And suddenly, the players of LAFC came out. And I met the boss of the MLS, which is crazy. - How are you? - Great, you? - Excited. Thanks for supporting us. - Of course. This is gonna be huge. Sonny! Go do your thing. - Look where we stand. - This is insane. I love the MLS. Beckham is there, but you already met him, right?

Yeah, that's right. He was nice. - Argentina. - Messi. - Oh, thank you. - You're welcome. Lloris. This is insane. Lloris was having fun already. But the big moment was there. The first time you will see Messi from this close ever. Messi is there. This is the first time I see him. This is crazy. This is insane.

Inter Miami. - This is insane. - I feel the aura. - Messi's aura is insane. - That was. Yeah. Me too. - Goosebumps. - Oh, but it's real. - Yeah, of course it's real. - I thought you always faked it. Sometimes. That was cool. Let's go to the other side. Let's get close to Messi. We follow you. I'm recording. Yeah, I'm recording. She's greeting all the people. It's, gonna take forever. - We need to go. - Sonny!

Let's go. I couldn't leave the fans alone, but I really needed to see the warming up of Messi and try to get as close as possible. Messi is there doing a warm up. And there is so much security. - Yeah. - It's insane. We so him already, but our goal is to meet him. Yeah, indeed. But we're so close. That's actually crazy. This felt unreal. I've never been this close to Messi in my life. Even though Ronaldo is my favorite player, this felt so special.

Messi, Messi. They're chanting, "Celine, Celine". Messi. Look at this. He's so close. This is insane. Are we getting closer today? This might be the closest we come today. - Yeah. - He's just here. But he's looking at you. You saw it? He was staring at you. Yeah, you saw it? I truly think Messi made eye contact already. That could help for a possible meeting.

Messi! He's gone. Shooting. Let's go. Messi will shoot. - Good goal. - Great goal. Messi's aura is insane. - This is crazy. - It's scary. Oh, Messi is there. Now they going inside. That was. next level. - Insane. - Yeah, I have no words. That was crazy. We were. so close. - Yes. - If I did this. How close were we now? Like 3 meters? - Yeah. - We need to try to get closer.

Are you serious? There she goes. This is cool. - For the referee, that's you. - That's me. Okay. What is happening here? Even the bird has a helmet. Football in the USA is crazy. They even had a bird with a mask. Also, the fans were looking great. The vibes were there. Everything was ready for the big moment. Now it's coming close.

- What is this? - This is the craziest experience we ever had, for sure. 90,000 people. - Woo! - Go down. Go down, bro. - Let's go. - Let's go! I need a shot of you here. I feel it. Michel was having the time of his life. Even our Dutch friend was hyped. And then it was time. This is insane.

LAFC versus Inter Miami. This is going to be insane. We were closer than before. - This is not normal. - It was one meter. Let's go to our seats. It feels illegal to be here but it's not. That was unbelievable. We saw Messi and Son from about one meter away. That's way closer than I could have imagined. Also, there was a beautiful prematch show. We were standing right in front of them for national anthem and when in the USA, you know there will be loads of fireworks.

Who's gonna win today? Inter Miami. - Inter Miami. Okay. Let's see. - Okay, - But the game is on now. We need to go. - Okay. Enjoy. Let's go. L.A. There are some fans in the stands not interested in the game. But just waving at us. Look, look, look. Legends. Corner. Oh, look at this.

Oh, this is insane. We are here. - Yeah. - There is Messi taking a corner. Oh, good one. But then this happened. 1-0. LAFC scored the first goal and the stadium went crazy. I missed the goal but is 1-0. Messi needs to stand up now. Messi, Messi! That was close. That was very close. And so was I, because I was waiting for a handshake with Messi at half time.

There he is! Okay, okay. No meeting for now. All the players were super focused and no one actually looked at me. Then it was time for a short interview. With a dap, of course. - Okay! - That was good! And before we realized, LAFC already started to make their way out again. I watch you on YouTube! He always wins, he always wins! He's better! Who's going to win today? Huh? - Who's going to win today? - L.A. LAFC. L.A., L.A. team.!

Hey you're better than her at soccer. Thank you very much, thank you very much. And here they are again, with Messi always leading the way. He's actually the boss of this team. No room for a handshake here. So, let's focus on the second half. What a tackle. Oh, Messi.

Actually, for anyone taking wondering, these are VIP seats. We are sitting on our knees. The hole came. - Yeah, and it hurts. - And it hurts And then, this happened. Messi stayed down after a tackle. The worst thing that could happen is an injury and him leaving the pitch His neck. But luckily, he stayed on. Messi. Can I get a picture? Yes? Oh, that's nice. Now, look at my zoom. That was cool. And then, LAFC scored again. - Yeah! - 2-0. With 15 minutes left on the clock, we had to go to the tunnel to be the first ones if we want a last chance to meet Messi.

But with Inter Miami losing, it'll only get harder. Maybe he'll just run inside. Yeah. - But i'll try, I'll do like this. - Yeah, you need to, you need to. Oh, it's. Someone is going for a picture with Messi. So I was not the only one trying to meet Messi. A young fan was carried away by the security. But trust me, I will not run onto the pitch. The game is done! Oh, so many people running on the pitch. While everyone was running onto the pitch, I was the only one staying and waiting for Messi to pass by.

I don't think I ever felt this nervous in my life. What will the security do? Will Messi look at me? Will I get pushed away? I didn't have time for questions. I tried to meet Messi at the bus. I missed the arrival of the bus. I was here at the beginning of the game. Messi looked at me at a warming up. He even looked at me during the game. And now we are here again. For one final chance to meet one of the greatest footballers ever.

We're so close. - This might be the closest he comes today. - Yeah. We were so close. If I did this. And while Messi was looking down in pain, he must have seen me in the corner of his eyes. He looked up, smile at me, and then this happens. Lionel Messi reached out to give me a handshake. As a long life football fan, this is one of the best experiences in my life.

This hand! I said like, "Leo"! And then he. Touch me. He was like. But then. "Okay". - Yeah, yeah, then he was like "Okay, you get a handshake." - Thank you, Leo. Thank you. And if that wasn't enough, Son was arriving. Of course I want to meet him too, but if you are a true subscriber, you know, I've met him before. That's the good one. - How are you? - How are you? You good? Yeah! Good game. Where is your LAFC jersey? I thought you had an Inter Miami jersey. - No, no, no. I have an L.A. one. - Oh yeah?

- Sure, sure. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. So how are you doing? You good? - Good to see you, good to see you. - Yeah! Great game. Thank you. Great winner. - Good game, and good atmosphere! - Yeah, yeah. - Good. good game. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Nice celebration. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's go. - See you soon. Yeah, you too. - Good to see you. Where is your LAFC jersey at? - Thank you very much. Thank you. - See you soon, man.

- You are a legend man. Thank you very much. - Thank you, thank you. So after all the work we did to meet Messi, it paid off at the end. We even received this amazing picture from a subscriber. And of course we had this footage on our phone. Thank you all again for making my dreams come true. I work really hard to achieve all of this, but without your support, nothing like this is possible. Celine, this is for you! Who is that? sickbrand?

- Yes! - Okay. Is this for me? - Yes! - Yes, it's for you! - Okay, - Would you wear it? - Yeah, sure! - Thank you Celine! Thank you! - Could you take a shot? - Thank you very much! Mission completed? No, it was the other hand, right? - Yeah, this one. - This one. - You touched Messi. - Not many people can say they touch Messi, you know? No, that's true. - That's actually crazy. - That's crazy.

And now I will end the video with this magic hand. Can I? Yep. Subscribe. Huh. what a shot.