The Argentine superstar wore a pink jersey at the 2024 New Year’s Eve party. Lionel Messi is currently enjoying the Christmas and New Year 2024 holidays in his hometown in Argentina. This is also the longest winter break in the career of the superstar born in 1987. The reason is that Inter Miami was unable to participate in the play-off round to compete for the MLS championship.
In a photo taken with his family to welcome the new year, Messi is sporting a striking pink jersey. “Messi seems to be a fan of pink outfits. In addition to the Inter Miami jersey, he often wears pink outfits when he goes out,” Goal described.
Recently, Messi was honored when the Argentine Football Federation decided to retire the number 10 jersey after his retirement: “ When Messi retires from the national team, we will not let anyone else wear the number 10 jersey after him. This number 10 will hang forever in honor of Messi. It is the least we can do for him .”
Previously, the AFA also paid tribute to Messi by changing the name of the training center “Casa de Ezeiza” to “Lionel Andrés Messi”, based on the name of the current Argentine captain.
Messi went through a difficult time, even having to leave the team because he couldn’t stand the pressure after two consecutive defeats in the Copa América final. However, “El Pulga” came back strong to help the “Albicelestes” return to the top with the South American championship, the Intercontinental Super Cup and the world crown in Qatar 2022.
At the tournament taking place in the Middle East, the former PSG striker contributed 7 goals and 3 assists on the way to winning the world championship. This performance also helped him win the World Cup Ballon d’Or title for the second time in his career and the France Football Ballon d’Or title for the eighth time.
Messi will rest until the end of January and then join Inter Miami for a series of friendly matches in Saudi Arabia, where they will face Al Hilal and Al Nassr respectively. The match that caught the world’s attention between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo took place on February 2.
This will probably be the last time these two superstars will compete on the pitch. Before that, in the match against Al Hilal, Messi will not be able to meet his close brother Neymar again. The Brazilian striker is recovering from an operation and will not be able to return until August of this year at the earliest.
