12/08/2026
Lionel Messi on facebook: Dad, I still can't believe you're gone. I can't believe I won't see you anymore, that we won't talk anymore. I know you were suffering and that's the best thing, but you left too soon. We still had so much left to enjoy together.
You always asked me to play in the last World Cup and days before it started, that's when you got worse. It was the first time you weren't going to be in a tournament, but mom told me you were going to be fine and that you would be okay to travel. I told you we would get to the final and you could see a game.
I came to you because I couldn't talk about everything that happened. You couldn't enjoy anything. We weren't champions, but you never knew how we enjoyed every game. Once again, you were right: you had to be there and play.
I tell you this because it was the only thing we couldn't talk about, because everything else you already know. We talked every day and saw each other when we could because of my commitments.
I don't know what I'm going to do without you, I don't know how to go on. I just played soccer and now I have a lot of doubts that I'll keep doing it for a long time more. You were by my side from the beginning, so close to the end. Why didn't you hold on a little longer and we could have finished together?
I know your happiness was seeing your family, your wife, your kids, and above all, without the others finding out, seeing me play... 😉
It was always like that since I was little. You took me to all the training sessions as soon as you got home from work. I took many of you to mom's place because you were working.
Obviously, you didn't miss any of the games. How you suffered seeing me and how you enjoyed it, even though you never gave me many compliments.
You were dad, friend, and representative. You were always the person you had to be in every moment and you never made a mistake. Beyond some reproaches or fights, you were always right. In the end, it all came down to what you said.
I will miss you a lot, but you will always be present, and especially in the education of my children, because I teach and educate them as you did with me.
Rest in peace and take care of us from above as you did here. Thank you for everything.
I love you, dad. ❤️
