Messi said goodbye to the Argentina national team with a 3-0 win over Benin and a goal of his own, but the image people talked about most wasn’t the one of the goal.
It was the one taken with Thiago, Mateo and Ciro. Three children who no longer fit in their dad’s arms, standing beside him in Argentina shirts, with the serious expression of someone who understands that it’s an important day 🇦🇷
Fans were quick to put it next to another photo, taken years earlier when Leo played for FC Barcelona: three little children, one of them crying, posing beside the Ballon d’Or on the Camp Nou pitch.
Everything changed from one photo to the other, and the comparison left fans repeating one idea on social media: not only did the children grow up by his side, but he did too, with his family’s support ❤️
