Lionel Messi and Gerard Piqué played together for several years, they shared victories, defeats and championships, although they also had to face each other in different teams, however, they forged a good relationship, another thing they have in common is that they are both parents.
On the part of the Argentine player, his partner Antonela Roccuzzo has proven to be a great pillar for his life and personal and football development. While Piqué’s life took a different turn when he separated from Shakira, who had been with him since 2010 and with whom he had two children, Milan and Sasha.
The separation was not easy, as there were too many parties involved and the press looked anywhere for answers. In the end, Shakira won the legal dispute and with it, she will be able to take the little ones to live in Florida, since her custody remained with her mother.
Messi and Antonela have known each other since they were children and although they were separated for many years by distance, the two knew how to maintain the relationship and are now happy parents of Thiago, Mateo and Ciro, who are 10, 7 and 4 years old respectively.
One of the most difficult moments for the family was when Messi left Barcelona to move to Paris and play with the Parisian club, but although it represented a professional adventure for him, for his family it was a completely radical transition, since his life was in the Catalan city.
“I remember leaving them at school and leaving crying, suffering for them,” he revealed during an interview with Star+. He also talked about how important it is for him and his wife that they know the value of things. “That they learn to value things and that you have to earn things day by day. And not because they are lucky enough to have many things do they think it is easy”.
For Lionel it has always been a priority to try to spend as much time as possible with his family, so between training sessions, games, days off or the World Cup, he gives them their place and a moment to be together.
The recently retired Piqué has not declared anything in relation to his personal life, however, the paparazzi do not stop following him and while he practically had to give up custody of his children, everything seems to indicate that his relationship with the young Clara Chía continues. smooth sailing, as they recently had a romantic getaway to Prague.
Finally, and although the two footballers are different people with different partners, the truth is that Messi has never been involved in gossip or controversies like Piqué, because he always tries to stay away from problems, and he is the complete opposite of Piqué, because he he likes to emphasize and show off how happy he is with his beloved Antonella and children.