Lionel Messi’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo shared a lovely note after Argentina’s FIFA World Cup win over France and was thankful to her husband for teaching their family the value of 'never giving up.' Roccuzzo posted a photo on her Instagram with the caption: “CHAMPIONS! I don’t even know how to start.. pride greater than we feel for you @leomessi thank you for teaching us to never give up, you have to fight to the end.”
“We know what you suffered so many years, what you wanted to get!!! Let’s go Argentina.”
It was a perfect tribute to her husband, who emulated another legend in the late Diego Maradona, who won the trophy in 1986 in what was another dominating performance by Messi for Argentina in the World Cup. He scored seven goals and bagged three assists, winning a record-second Golden Ball trophy.
A 4-2 victory on penalties after a 3-3 draw gave Argentina their third World Cup success, after lifting the trophy in 1978 and 1986, and means Messi's final appearance on the biggest stage of all ended in a fairy tale manner. It was the trophy he had been striving to win before the end of his career, and the 35-year-old finished the tournament with seven goals and three assists, becoming the first player to score in every round and the group stage.
After the match, Messi told TyC Sports that he wants to play for the national team 'as a World Champions,' "Obviously I wanted to close my career with this, I can't ask for anything anymore. Thank God, he gave me everything. Closing almost my career like this, it's impressive."
"After this, what will there be? I was able to get the Copa America, World Cup… It came to me almost at the end. I enjoy being in the national team, and the group and I want to continue living a few more games being a world champion. It's every little kid's dream, I was lucky to have achieved everything and what I was missing is here," he said.
