Messi’s wife posted a photo of the whole family wearing black and white tuxedos taken at the 2023 Golden Ball Awards and wrote: “Happy birthday love. Mom and I love you so much”. The photo of the Argentinian superstar’s whole family attracted nearly two million “likes” after just 8 hours of posting.

Messi commented right after his wife posted: “Thank you very much, my life. Love and miss you and your mother”. The 37-year-old striker’s response attracted nearly 180,000 “likes” and thousands of comments.

The 2022 World Cup champion and Antonela are childhood friends. The couple had some time apart before starting to publicly date in the 2000s. Messi and his wife got married in the summer of 2017 after having two sons Thiago and Mateo. In 2018, they had a new boy, Ciro. Messi is known as a family man, loyal and spending all his free time with his wife and children after hours of intense training and competition.

The superstar born in 1987 was not with his wife and children on his birthday this year because he and his teammates were attending the Copa America South American Football Cup. This year’s tournament takes place in the United States, where Messi’s entire family has lived for more than a year, instead of in South American countries like previous editions. However, because he is focusing on the team, he cannot see his wife and children every day.

On his personal page, Messi posted a photo of blowing candles to celebrate the new year in his room with a group of close teammates. “Thank you for all your wishes and greetings. Another year my birthday coincides with the national team training session, so we just celebrated a little and then continued to prepare for the match. next”, said the Argentinian superstar.

Argentina will play Chile in the second round of Group A Copa America matches tomorrow, June 26. Previously, in the opening match on June 21, Messi and his teammates won 2-0 against Canada. Argentina is the defending Copa America champion. Before winning the 2021 Copa America, Messi failed in the finals against Chile in 2015 and 2016.