The 36-year-old Rosario paid tribute to her husband on her Instagram account with a series of images that portray the last years of the family.
At 2:32 p.m., Argentine time, on Monday, June 24, Antonela Roccuzzo updated the publications on her Instagram account. She uploaded one photo to her feed and four photos to her stories. Her purpose and sender are the same: to greet Lionel Messi, her partner, on the day she turns 37. “Happy Birthday love. We love you infinitely“, he wrote in a photo that was accompanied by a heart and whose plural referred to the members of the image. In addition to them, her children Thiago, Mateo and Ciro were in the photo.
The five of them are sitting in an armchair dressed in gala clothes. in the run-up to the 2023 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony. They are in Paris and it is October 30, 2023, sixty-three years after the birth of Diego Maradona. She wears a black dress, the soccer player has a bow, her children don’t. Lionel Messi received his eighth Ballon d’Or that day, ahead of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé. At the award ceremony, Leo gave an emotional speech before the microphone: he dedicated it to his family, he shared it with the Argentine world champion team, he recalled the memory of Maradona. “First of all I want to thank everyone who voted and made me win this award. I want to share it with my teammates on the National Team, once again this award comes from the Argentine National Team, with Lautaro, with Juli, with Dibu. This is an award for the National Team, with everything we achieved. I don’t want to forget Haaland, Kylian, I have no doubt that in the coming years they will win this award. I see a lot of young people and I have no doubt that in the coming years I will enjoy very good football. I want to make a special mention of all the people who accompanied me this year to fulfill my dream of being world champion, many people of different nationalities. To my family, they helped me achieve all my goals, without you it would not have been possible,” he expressed.
In his wife’s post, the first comment is his response. “Thank you very much my life, I love you and miss you!!!“, the footballer answered three minutes after his wife published the image, and while he is involved in the 2024 Copa América, concentrated in a hotel in New Jersey with his teammates. Four other images are hidden in the stories. The first and third are photographs of Antonela and Leo on a beach on the same day, in the second he appears dressed in a Hawaiian shirt with his son Mateo in the stands of the Chase stadium, where Inter Miami is home, and In the fourth figure, only him lying on a lounge chair with the legend “the cutest birthday boy.”
She wasn’t the only one who greeted him. The Argentine Football Association, which with the help of Chiqui Tapia decided to rename the Ezeiza property in honor of the iconic number 10 who became world champion in Qatar, published a video to celebrate La Pulga’s birthday. Just as Barcelona, Newell’s and Inter Miami also did not miss the opportunity to greet him. In the images of the video released by the AFA, you can see how a lighter appears to light some candles with the number 10 with a text that says: “Today is the one who fulfilled our dream of seeing him champion.” Then, the video of Messi lifting the World Cup trophy and a final phrase: “Thank you, captain.”
“We wish you a happy birthday,” they wrote in the Catalan club with a video in which you can see the artist Wallis painting his portrait. La Lepra published an image of the remembered day when Leo paid tribute to Diego Maradona after his death and wore the red and black shirt that Pelusa wore when he played for the Rosario team. Inter Miami, his current club, wrote in the post “Happy birthday to the best of all time” which was accompanied by a photo that inside says “Welcome to the XXXVII year after Messi”.
The Rosario star celebrates his birthday, again, in the middle of a competition with Argentina. It is his twelfth celebration that he celebrates locked up in a concentration for a commitment to the national team. He is preparing to play the second group match against Chile, which will be played on Tuesday at 10 p.m. at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. La Roja, led by Ricardo Gareca, drew goalless in their debut against Peru in the competition held in the United States. The third game of the group stage will be on Saturday, June 29 against Peru at nine at night at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Lionel Scaloni has not yet defined the starting lineup that will face the Chilean team. Changes are foreseen in relation to the eleven that played against Canada in the debut of the cup. Nicolás Otamendi could reappear in the central defense instead of Lisandro Martínez and Nicolás Tagliafico fights for a place with Marcos Acuña at left back. If both changes occur, the same four that took to the field at the Lusail stadium for the World Cup final in Qatar would appear again. On offense, Nicolás González could enter for Ángel Di María and it will be necessary to see if Julián Álvarez maintains his place in the first team or Lautaro Martínez will enter. Lionel Messi, yes, is guaranteed ownership of him. The first at 37 years old.
