Tom, Nick and Robin once trained in Emmen with Lionel Messi: ‘We give him a goal, but certainly not the victory’

If they told it in the pub, no one would believe them. Yet it is true. Nick Schenkel (37) from Emmen and Robin Broekema (36) and Tom Boelen (36) from Groningen once trained together with Lionel Messi. Twice even. And also with stars like Sergio Aguero and Pablo Zabaleta. They were youth players of FC Emmen when the World Cup football for players up to twenty years was held in the Netherlands in 2005. Emmen was one of the playing cities and the Argentinians had to go to Southeast Drenthe for the duels against Germany and Colombia.