Just finished the match against Valladolid as a visitor, Lionel Messi he sped off to the airport in that city to join his wife Antonela Roccuzzo and his three children, who were waiting for him in the private plane of the family. The reason? Travel to Rosario with the aim of spending Christmas with their family in their hometown.
Around 10:40 this Wednesday, the Gulfstream V, registration LV-IRQ, landed at Rosario airport. Hours earlier, Leo had broken the historical record of the Brazilian Pelé as the top scorer with the same shirt: reached 644 screams with the Barcelona jacket. It will be a lightning visit for Leo, Antonela, Ciro, Thiago and Mateo: the flea must appear in the training of the Blaugrana next December 27 since on Tuesday 29 they will face Eibar for the 16th date of the Spanish League.
After both mental and physical exhaustion, the 10 needs to rest and, after the win against Valladolid in the José Zorrilla Stadium, he got on the plane to Rosario. It will be a few days for him in the city where he grew up: Barcelona’s calendar at the start of 2021 is quite tight. They will have to play four games in just 11 days. On January 3 against Huesca, on January 6 he will visit Athletic Bilbao, on 9 against Granada and closes on the 13th with the final of the Spanish Super Cup where he will face Real Sociedad.
Further on the horizon, for February 16 specifically, a very tough key appears against PSG for the knockout stages of the Champions League. So Lionel must make the most of these days to rest and continue to make history with the Blaugrana shirt. On the other hand, the The uncertainty of whether Messi will continue at the club where he achieved so many milestones remains a real unknown.. It is December 27 an interview will be televised recorded in which the crack could give clues about his football future. With a contract until June 30, 2021, each day that passes makes all the fans of the football planet even more restless, especially those of Barcelona.
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In 2019, He arrived in Rosario on December 22 in his private plane and stayed in the country until January 2 by special permission from the club in which he was allowed to rest four days longer than the rest of his teammates. In addition, unlike last year, he did not have the company during the trip of Luis Suárez, an old attacking partner, since the present of the Uruguayan is with the Atlético de Madrid shirt. The Messi arriving in Argentina for the holidays is not a new image: With rare exceptions, it is a tradition that the flea and Antonela return to Rosario to celebrate the end of each year with their closest relatives.
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