Lionel Messi has always been characterized as a simple person, low profile, quiet and with a great sense of belonging and identity for his native Rosario., his Argentina and evidently he is a very familiar person and that is where two figures come into play who, although they are known worldwide, do not appear much in front of the cameras; his parents Jorge and Celia.
Both were always at the side of little Lionel Andrés in his development on and off the playing fields.but this time his mother Celia Cuccittini is the protagonist since in an interview she revealed what was the worst punishment she could apply to little Lionel.
From a very young age, ‘Leo’ was always in love and attached to the soccer ball and on several occasions the ability to fulfill his responsibilities.especially the academic ones, were something that weighed heavily on Messi due to the fact that he was always playing.
“Friends always said it was different. As he grew up, he truly was a genius with the ball, I had to threaten him.“Celia confessed in the Apple documentary series about Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The audiovisual material includes images of Messi as a child juggling an orange ballwhich accompanied another testimony from her mother in which she confessed that “if she didn’t do her homework, her school things, she wasn’t going to go to practice, that was her worst punishment.”
Leo’s union with Cecilia is unique
The bond between Leo and his mother is something that can be seen with the naked eye and that the player himself has made public knowledge through his social networks.as well as in statements to the media, especially when he has been interviewed not so much to talk about sports issues, but to get to know Lionel Messi in more depth as a person, father, son, friend.
Celia María or “Puchi”, as her acquaintances call her, was born on January 23, 1960. She knew how to work in a magnetic coil workshop. Later, and with her husband Jorge Messi, she focused on raising her four children: Rodrigo, Matías, Lionel and María Sol.
When Leo was signed by Barcelona in 2000, the family headed towards Spain and from his beginnings in the youth teams of the Catalan club He showed all the talent he possessed and the projection he had, with his magic when he had the ball at his feet. In the Barça entity he won everything at the club level and after 17 years at the professional level in 2021, finding it impossible to renew his contract due to the entire political and economic crisis that exists in the Catalan club, the Argentine decided to sign for the club. Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), where he was until mid-2023.
He finally celebrated championships with the Argentine national team
On July 10, 2021, he managed to win the Copa América by beating Brazil 1-0 in the final at the legendary Maracaná stadium in Brazil.. On June 1, 2022, La Finalissima arrived in the 3-0 win over Italy at Wembley Stadium in England. And on December 18, 2022, he won the World Cup in the epic final against France in Qatar.
Messi would finally arrive in North American soccer in July of last year and was key to winning Inter Miami’s first championship. which was consecrated in the Leagues Cup, an event that brought together teams from Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Mexican League.
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