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🚨🗣️ Leo Messi:

"I don’t know what I’m going to do without you. I don’t know how to keep going. All I ever did was play football, and now I have serious doubts about whether I’ll keep doing it for much longer.

You were by my side from the very beginning, and there was so little left until the end. Why couldn’t you hold on just a little longer so we could finish it together?" 💔🕊️

🚨Argentina have so many legends in every generation of players! 🇦🇷🔥🤩

✅ Grandpa’s idol — Maradona
✅ Father’s idol — Batistuta
✅ My idol — Lionel Messi
✅ Brother’s idol — Di Maria

Vamos! 💙👏

❤️🕊️ Jorge Messi — Lionel’s biggest supporter, every step of the way.

From watching his son score his first goal for Argentina 🇦🇷⚽ to witnessing Lionel lift the World Cup trophy in 2022 🏆🥺, Jorge was always there.

Through the struggles, sacrifices, doubts and unforgettable triumphs, he never stopped believing in his son.

A father’s love. A son’s dream. A story that will live forever. ❤️

Jorge Messi, forever part of Lionel’s greatest journey. 🕊️🇦🇷

🐐 The photo that started a footballing empire.

📸 Taken by Jorge Messi
🏨 September 2000 | Hotel Catalonia, Room 546

🇦🇷 A young Lionel Messi had arrived in Barcelona for a trial. Clubs had turned him away because of his size, but Jorge refused to stop knocking. Eventually, one door opened: a 15-day trial at FC Barcelona.

🔥 Carles Rexach later famously said they had “14 days to spare.” They didn't need them.

That room witnessed the beginning of a story that would change football forever. Behind the greatest footballer of all time was a father who refused to give up on his son.

Thank you, Jorge. ❤️🕊️