Antonela Roccuzzo side-eyes Lionel Messi after he uses phone during Inter Miami match, hilarious photo goes viral

A hilarious moment featuring Lionel Messi being side-eyed by his wife Antonela Roccuzzo during Inter Miami’s League’s Cup fixture against Puebla on Saturday (July 27) has gone viral on social media. The viral snap features Messi and Antonela in the stands of Herons’ Chase Stadium, with the Argentine forward looking at this phone.

Roccuzzo can be seen side-eyeing him as the camera focused on the couple in the 34th minute of the game. Multiple X accounts shared the moment on the platform, with one post going viral with 350K views and counting.

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Lionel Messi picked up a serious ankle injury during Argentina’s Copa America final game against Colombia on July 15. The Argentine has been out for recovery since his injury.

However, Inter Miami has been holding up in his absence, as they secured a 2-0 win against Puebla in the Leagues Cup fixture on Saturday, with Matias Rojas and Luis Suarez making it to the scoresheet. Messi previously led the Herons to win the 2023 Leagues Cup, which was the club’s first silverware since inception.

When Lionel Messi admitted that wife Antonela Roccuzzo means “everything” to him

In a June 2024 interview ahead of Copa America, Lionel Messi spoke to ESPN journalist Martino Arevalo about how much his wife Antonela Roccuzzo means to him.

“Defining everything she means to me… anything I say will fall short. She is very important and she is everything for me,” Leo said.

Messi and Antonela have known each other since childhood. The Argentine knew Antonela’s cousin, Lucas Scaglia, when he was young and it is at his house that he first met his future wife. When the two first met, Leo was nine years old while Antonela was eight.

SPORT also reported that Antonela Roccuzzo’s cousin Lucas Scaglia used to play alongside Lionel Messi during their time in Newell’s Old Boys youth system. The two reportedly officially began dating sometime in 2009. In 2010, Roccuzzo moved in with Messi at Barcelona.

The couple welcomed their first child, Thiago Messi, in 2012 and their second child, Mateo Messi in 2015. Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo officially tied the knot in June 2017 in their hometown, Rosario in Argentina. The following year, the couple welcomed their youngest son, Ciro.