Antonela Roccuzzo, the brain behind the multi-million dollar brand that Messi fell in love with at the age of 5

When Antonela Roccuzzo met a teenager who dreamed of becoming a soccer player at the age of five, little did she know he would be the mastermind behind her billion-dollar brand, cheering on Lionel Messi, the best player on the planet, in Final of the World Cup today. And that she will probably be the most famous woman in South America…

Today she is a philanthropist, a billionaire, the owner of a children’s fashion company and an animal lover. She is also a dentist, but gave up her profession to be by the Argentine star’s side on Messi’s path to becoming the richest and best soccer player in the world.

Antonela, the mother of Messi’s three children, hopes that, almost 30 years after her first meeting with Messi, the 35-year-old Messi can lead Argentina to victory in Qatar today. He will put a perfect end to his illustrious career and add the World Cup, the only thing left in the game, to his museum. Those who know Antonela, 34, say she is “humble and she enjoys nothing more than being at home with her children and two of her dogs.” Of course she has several houses. On the outskirts of Barcelona is a £10 million mansion with views of both the beautiful Catalan hills and the Mediterranean coastline.

They also have houses in Ibiza, Miami and their hometown of Rosario, Argentina. In Argentina, they own a mansion called La Fortaleza with 25 rooms, including a game room for their sons Thiago, Mateo and Ciro. According to his friends, this is where Messi plans to retire. And this place takes the couple back to the time they met in 1993, when their fairytale romance began.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!

Antonela and Messi’s love is a bit outside the relationships of star footballers that began in nightclubs or on social media. Antonela is the cousin of Messi’s childhood friend Lucas Scagilia. In the early 1990s, when the future soccer player Messi saw him for the first time, “Who is he?” he had asked. “My cousin Antonela,” Scagilia replied.

A photo of Messi and Antonela taken in 1998. When Messi was 10 years old and Antonela was 9…

According to Scagilia’s father, Messi couldn’t take his eyes off him for a second. When he visited the neighborhood for two days, Messi realized that she was the woman he wanted to be with forever. Whenever he stayed at Scagilia’s house, Messi looked for excuses in the hope of seeing her for a moment. Messi, who wrote love letters to Antonela, kept saying that they would be lovers when they grew up.

Antonela kept in touch when Messi and his cousin went to watch Newell’s Old Boys youth games. As his career blossomed, Messi moved to Barcelona at the age of 13, but continued to meet bilaterally.

ETERNAL TOGETHER, BORN FROM TRAGEDY

However, a tragedy 5 years later brought them back together. Antonela is devastated when her best friend Ursula Notz is killed in a car accident. Messi was so troubled by his childhood crush on her that she went to Argentina to be with him. It was then that they decided to become lovers. Still, there were thousands of kilometers between them. Because the ambitious Antonela, who was 18 years old at the time, did not want to be the woman in a football classic.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in humanities and social sciences from the National University of Rosairo, and then began his postgraduate studies in dentistry. But in the end, love won. Two years after her romance became known, Antonela made the heartbreaking decision to interrupt her career and move to Barcelona.

WEDDING OF THE CENTURY

In January 2009, Messi, who participated in the football program broadcast by the Catalan channel TV3, officially announced his relationship with Antonela. Just a few months later, the pair were seen together for the first time since the Barcelona-Espanyol derby.

Thiago was born in 2012 and Mateo was born in 2015. And in 2017, 25 years after they met, the couple officially got married. Described as the ‘wedding of the century’ in Argentina, the wedding was like a parade of stars. A year later, her third child, Ciro, opened her eyes to the world. There are also two dogs in the family, Mr. Hulk and Abu.

Expressing praise for his wife at every opportunity, Messi said: “She has a lot of good features. He always faces problems in a good mood and admirably. He is a very intelligent person who is excellent in all aspects of life.” he uses expressions.

ANTONELA’S OWN WEALTH

Despite her wealth, Antonela doesn’t spend her days shopping for designer clothes. During the summer, she volunteered at the SJD hospital in Barcelona. The couple delivered their wedding leftovers to the Rosario food bank. While her husband earned £94 million in three years playing for Paris Saint-Germain, Antonela has her own fortune as a social media phenomenon thanks to her more than 23 million Instagram followers. she. Many famous brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Guerlain, Dior and Louis Vuitton spend millions to sign an advertising deal with Antonela.

But tonight, his billion-dollar bank balance will fade to insignificance as Messi takes the field at Doha’s Lusail Stadium to fulfill another childhood dream as he plays to lift world soccer’s greatest trophy…

(Source: Daily Mail/Katie Hind)