On Friday night in Miami, Lionel Messi went to dinner with his beautiful wife Antonella Roccuzzo, as well as his close friend Sergio Busquets and his partner, Elena Galera.
The soccer star for Inter Miami picked the high-end Asian restaurant Sexy Fish for the event. He spent about two hours there with his teammate and his sister Maria, who turned 29 this week.
Antonella looked amazing in a black dress that showed a lot of skin, while Messi wore a black jacket, jeans, and white sneakers.
Last year at this time, Messi was playing in the World Cup for Argentina, who went on to win the event. He is now taking some much-needed time off after a year of almost nonstop soccer.
He took a short break after leaving Paris Saint-Germain and before joining Inter Miami at the start of July, but he needed his MLS team to help him handle his workload in the last few months of the season.
He just played in two World Cup tests for Argentina, against Uruguay and Brazil. He won’t play again until the new year, though.
Messi, 36, had a huge effect on soccer in the US in his first few months there. Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, and LeBron James were among the famous people who went to see him play for David Beckham’s Major League Soccer team.
He played just 14 games for his new team and scored 11 goals. When they beat Nashville on penalties in August, they won the League Cup.
Miami also made it to the final of the US Open Cup, but Houston Dynamo beat them. Messi missed that game because he was hurt from playing so much.
Due to a terrible start to the season under Phil Neville, Miami did not make the MLS playoffs. Neville was replaced as coach by Tata Martino soon before Messi came.
Messi said that Major game Soccer was “a minor league” in an interview this week in Argentina, even though his deal with Miami could last for three years and pay up to $60 million a season.
He said that when asked if he would still play for Argentina at the 39th World Cup in 2026, which will be held in the US, Mexico, and Canada.
The Barcelona star told Star+, “I’ve said it many times, and it’s true: I will always try to compete at my best, and I know exactly when I can and can’t be there.”
“I know I played in a minor league, but a lot of things happen based on how you face them and compete.”
Messi said that he wants to play for Argentina in the Copa America next summer, which will also be held in the US.
Messi said, “As long as I feel good and can keep contributing, I want to do it.”
Today, all I can think about is doing well enough to get to the Copa América and do well enough there. We’re going to fight it again like we always have, and we want to win.