After spending a lot of time in Rosario, Argentina, celebrating Argentina’s World Cup win last month, Lionel Messi, the team’s captain, eventually flew to Paris late on Monday night in a private plane.
After spending a lot of time in Rosario, Argentina, celebrating Argentina’s World Cup victory last month, Lionel Messi eventually flew to Paris late on Monday night in a private plane. Local newspaper La Capital de Rosario reports that Messi left around 10:00 pm (0100 GMT) with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo and their three sons Mateo, Thiago, and Ciro. Two days after scoring twice in helping Argentina beat France in the World Cup final in Qatar on December 18, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner landed in Rosario, about 310 kilometers north of Buenos Aires.
On Tuesday at about 1400 local time (GMT +1), the private jet will land in the French capital.
Messi spent Christmas and New Year’s with his family, and PSG coach Christophe Galtier indicated last week that he anticipated Messi’s comeback on “January 2 or 3.”
So the 35-year-old was unavailable for the league’s top team’s first two games following the World Cup.
But he should be fit for PSG’s French Cup match against Chateauroux on Friday, where he’ll reunite with French teammate Kylian Mbappe, who scored a hat trick in the World Cup final but still lost on penalties to Argentina after a 3-3 draw.
There was a large security presence at the international airport in Rosario to keep fans away from Messi and his family as they departed.
Argentina’s triumph in December was the country’s third World Cup victory and first since the 1986 tournament when late superstar Diego Maradona captained the team to victory.
