Messi Fan’s 12-Hour Wait & Dream Gift | Antonela Roccuzzo

Juan Gabriel Vacchiano He is 24 years old, lives in the southern area of ​​Rosario and, in the hours before Christmas, he received perhaps the best gift of his life: a meeting with Lionel Messihis great idol. After hours and hours of waiting, the young man managed to cross the world champion and He lived a special moment that he was able to record thanks to “a miracle”in his own words.

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It was not the first time that Juan went to the door of the country Kentuckyin the town of Funes, where Messi usually spends his rest time with Antonela Roccuzzo, his three children and the rest of his family. I had already been last Thursday and He had stayed at the door for almost ten hoursbut the meeting did not happen.

Without losing hope, on Monday Juan put on a Barcelona shirt, got on his motorcycle and once again began the journey from his house to the country. He arrived at 7 in the morning and he remained standing in front, at a safe distance, following a request from the private security agents.

Around 7:30 p.m., after having seen numerous cars entering and leaving and when fatigue began to complicate his guard, the long-awaited vehicle appeared. “Antonela was driving and at that moment I saw him in the seat next to me,” Juan told TNwith the emotion still present in his voice.

Juan’s meeting with his greatest idol

It was Messi who lowered the window and led to the exchange. “There he tells me ‘Go ahead’ as if rushing me. Thank God he got to sign my shirts,” said the young man from Rosario.

The world champion sought to avoid creating a crowd of people. That’s why He did the autographs quickly, with the key help of Antonela, who stretched each of the Argentine National Team or Inter Miami shirts. so that the signatures came out in the best way. “Leo, I love you,” was the only phrase Juan could say to him.

“There are many who say that the video is AI but there is a photo of the immortalized moment. I only had one percent of battery left and after the photo my cell phone died. It was a miracle from God”said the fan.

And, about the subsequent moments, in which he was accompanied by a friend of his who is a journalist at Canal 5 in Rosario, he stated: “I looked at the sky, I thanked God and I sat down to process what I had experienced. It all happened in two minutes, I couldn’t believe it. I had a sensation inside my body, in my heart, I was shaking…”.

With his objective achieved, Juan only has one pending account left. “The first day I had brought a Bible and a book from my church to give to Leo, but then I forgot. We’ll have to go back…” he said, laughing.

Juan’s fanaticism for Messi and a relentless search to see him

The young man from Rosario, a Newell’s fan, assures that his fanaticism for Messi was born in his childhood. All his folders and school supplies had the face of his idol.

“There is no one in the world who doesn’t like him, he is the best player in history. When he went through hard times, although there were many who didn’t bank on it, I knew it was going to happen. “I never doubted him,” he highlighted.

Although he always followed him on TV, Juan had already tried several times to meet the world champion in person. In 2017, when Messi married Antonela, she waited for him outside the City Center for hours. He also acted as a kind of “guard” when the footballer celebrated the conquest of Qatar 2022.

“That time I was in front of the car and there were police. They had never grabbed me like that in my life, they took me out to make room for him. I was in Crocs and he stepped on me, but I didn’t care at all. Later, I saw him on the field at Maxi Rodríguez’s farewell and this year I went to Buenos Aires to watch a game of the Argentine National Team,” said the young fan, who wasted no time and He already put the photo with his great idol as his profile picture on his WhatsAppthat treasure that will be kept forever.