Lionel Messi Celebrates Winning World Cup with Wife Antonela Roccuzzo and 3 Sons
Celebrating with the ones who matter most. When Lionel Messi
won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Sunday, December 18, he was thrilled to
commemorate the historic win with his family.
After Messi, 35, led Argentina to their first World Cup win
since 1986, the soccer player collected the best player statue and reunited
with his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, and their three sons: Thiago, 10, Mateo, 7
and Ciro, 4, on the field.
“WORLD CHAMPIONS🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷,”
the model, 34, captioned photos of the post-win celebration via Instagram in
Spanish. “I don’t even know how to start … we feel the greatest pride for you
@leomessi. Thanks for teaching us to never give up, we have to fight until the
end.”
Roccuzzo continued, “FINALLY YOU ARE THE WORLD CHAMPION, we
know what you suffered for so many years, you wanted to achieve this!!! LET’S
GO ARGENTINA 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷.”
Messi kissed his wife, whom he married in 2017, on the field
in between taking snaps with his sons and his trophy. Roccuzzo, who has known
her husband since childhood, and their kids wore matching “10” jerseys to
support the patriarch.
In his own post after the big win, Messi gave his loved ones
a shout-out. “So many times I dreamed it, so much I wanted it that I still
don’t fall, I can’t believe it …… Thank you so much to my family, to all who
support me and also to all who believed in us,” he wrote in his native Spanish
via Instagram. “We prove once again that Argentinians when we fight together
and united we are able to achieve what we aim. The merit is of this group,
which is above individuals, is the strength of all fighting for the same dream
that was also the one of all Argentinians … We did it!!!”
His fifth and last World Cup appearance came on Sunday, with
his first being in 2006, when he was 18 years old. "This will undoubtedly
be my last World Cup," Messi told sports writer Sebastián Vignolo via NBC
in October. "The choice has been made."
He is not, however, retiring just yet. Messi told TyC Sports
that he expects to play for Argentina for the foreseeable future.
“I won the Copa America and the World Cup in a short time,”
Messi said via ESPN. “I love what I do, being in the national team, and I want
to continue living a few more games being world champion. I am going to take
the Cup to Argentina to enjoy it with you.”
Happy Wife, Happy Life
Roccuzzo was thrilled as she posed with the statue.
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