Accordingly, an account on the social network Instagram recently quoted Messi ‘s words and caused a stir, saying that the Argentinean highly appreciated his second son Mateo, who has excellent football skills and is being recruited. Many academies in the US want to sign a contract. This site also said that Messi believes that Mateo has a very similar playing style to him when he was young.
However, these quotes and statements were recently responded to and corrected somewhat harshly by Messi himself. “Wrong, I never said that,” Messi responded through his official account, also on the social network Instagram, which has just reached 500 million followers.
Messi and his wife Roccuzzo with their three sons Thiago (right, front row), Mateo (top) and Ciro (middle)
Messi responded to Mateo’s review on social networks
Messi and his wife Roccuzzo have 3 sons including Thiago (born 2012), Mateo (2015) and Ciro (2018). Among them, Thiago and Mateo participated in the Inter Miami Club’s Training Academy, playing for the U.12 and U.9 teams, respectively.
Whether the sons of this famous Argentine player will pursue a professional football career and follow in their great father’s footsteps remains to be seen.
“My sons have a passion for football. Thiago would love to join the U.12 Inter Miami team . The same goes for Mateo. Ciro is too young so he hasn’t joined the guys yet. We “Children love to watch football and follow almost every match whenever possible. Thiago is very close to Benja – Luis Suarez’s son. They all have the same interest in playing and watching football,” Messi once confided. Previously on TyC Sports channel (Argentina).
Messi also left open all possibilities of whether his sons would pursue a football career or not. But if there is, it will make him very happy.
Recently, Messi’s eldest son Thiago and the U.12 Inter Miami team won the Weston Cup youth tournament in the US. The boy is considered very talented in football, but plays as a central midfielder. Meanwhile, the second son, Mateo, also always causes a stir on social networks when playing for the U.9 Inter Miami team.
Mateo (left) shows off his extremely skillful ability to juggle the ball
Mateo was the focus of a recent clip on social networks when he performed extremely skillful ball-bouncing techniques that surprised viewers. The only difference is that Mateo is right-footed, while his father, famous player Messi, has a magical left foot.
Messi also revealed about Mateo in an interview on TyC Sports channel: “Mateo is right-footed and knows a little about football. He has quite good shooting power but is still too young. Mainly, he plays football to exercise with friends”.
