At least an hour had passed since the coronation. The penalties and the 36-year drought had already ended, the explosion at the Lusail stadium had already occurred, they had already taken the Olympic lap, they had already climbed into the goal posts, the individual prizes had already been awarded, they had already raised the cup. , they had already released the pieces of paper. Messi is sitting on the stage where minutes before he was celebrating. There are Antonela, Ciro, Mateo, Thiago, cousins, uncles, friends. They are together enjoying the first moments of the Argentine 10 as world champion.
FIFA recorded intimacies of those moments. The official account of the Soccer World Cup recovered an extract of that material. It’s a short video. It lasts thirteen seconds. Start out of focus. It illustrates the naturalness and everyday life of a family. Mateo, the most histrionic of Lionel’s children, holds and kisses the Ballon d’Or that his father won. while hugging him, pampering him and shouting something similar to “I love you”. Behind the dad, Thiago, the oldest, massages the champion’s shoulders. He is a father entertained by two of his three children, all in the presence of Antonela Roccuzzo.
The tender video served to honor Father’s Day, a holiday without a precise date, which is celebrated on the third Sunday in June not all over the world, but in many countries as diverse and remote as Argentina, Mexico, the United States, England and France. among others. The publication is accompanied only by the legend “Happy Father’s Day” and in the comments, users repeat phrases praising the video, Messi the footballer and Messi the dad. “God, how can he have a video of his son shouting I love you and giving him a kiss with the Ballon d’Or in his hand… What a blessed guy“, rescues one of the messages.
An hour later, the official World Cup account spoke about Messi again. This year’s Father’s Day coincided with the anniversary of the Argentine star’s World Cup debut.. The publication refers to that historical fact: on a day like today but eighteen years ago, on June 16, 2006, the man from Rosario came on for Maxi Rodríguez in the 75th minute when the team led by José Pekerman won three to zero against Serbia in the second date of the contest. The video shows his entrance with the 19 shirt, his look at that time at 18 years old, his assist for Hernán Crespo’s goal and his debut in the nets of a World Cup, with a right cross that overcame the goalkeeper’s resistance and decreed the goal. six to zero final.
For its part, the AFA also appealed to Lionel Messi to join the celebration of Father’s Day on its social networks. It’s a photo of the world champion wrapped in his bisht -the traditional robe in the Middle East that the emir of Qatar placed on him before raising the trophy and that is used “to celebrate important moments” in life- and hugging the cup, a light blue background and a phrase that says “nothing like dad’s arms”. The publication says: “We celebrate our number one fans, those who taught us to love football and encourage us in every game of life. Happy day to our world champions!”
Messi, for his part, left yesterday with the Argentine delegation for Atlanta, where on Thursday, June 20, he will make his debut at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in the American city against Canada at the start of the Copa América. The Inter Miami footballer has just scored two goals in the team’s last friendly before the continental competition: it was a 4-1 victory against Guatemala in Washington. The team led by Lionel Scaloni will play its second game against Chile on Tuesday, June 25 and will close the group stage on Saturday the 29th against Peru.
