In recent days, a video has been circulating on social networks in which a young, skillful child dribbles professionally and bypasses defenders. They say that he, Mathieu, is the son of Argentine star Lionel Messi.
The footage shows the child proficiently controlling the ball in his own half before easily circling three opponents trying to stop him. Finding free space, the boy struck from the left foot past the goalkeeper in the top nine, scoring an accurate goal.
Screenshots of the goal were posted on social media over the weekend, with some Twitter users claiming it was Messi’s son Mateo.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker has three children with wife Antonella Roccuzzo and six-year-old Mathieu, older Thiago and younger Ciro. “This is Matthew Messi,” wrote one user commenting on the video, “no DNA test needed.
But the reality is that the child is “not Messi’s son, despite his ingenuity,” according to one commentator who realized the child is just a talented little player and has nothing to do with the family of sevens. – Winner of the Golden Ball. Another commented: “Of course, this is not Messi’s son, but he is a very talented child.” Another pair of fans added: “That’s not Matteo” and “That can’t be Messi’s son.” And it turns out that the video is not Matteo Messi, “as the original clip was published by the football academy of the Belgian club Anderlecht.
