Fear for Lionel Messi’s family in his hometown of Rosario (1 million inhabitants).
It is the place where Argentina’s superstar Lionel Messi (35) travels again and again to retire with his family and recharge his batteries. The world champion owns a huge property on the outskirts of town.
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But this family idyll has now been brutally disturbed.
A few days before the decisive round of 16 second leg at FC Bayern (March 8th), a shop belonging to Messi’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo (35) in Rosario was attacked.
On top of that, a note of confession appeared at the scene of the crime, together with a threat against the world champion himself.
What happened?
According to Argentine media reports, two men shot at the Roccuzzo family’s supermarket early Wednesday morning.
Traces of the attack are visible, for example, on the blinds of the “Unico supermarket”.
This supermarket is owned by the Messi family
According to the reports, the two men came on a motorcycle after evaluating the surveillance cameras. One of them is said to have got out and shot.
The perpetrators apparently left a note of confession at the scene. There is a threat on a piece of paper: “Messi, we are waiting for you. Javkin is also a drug dealer, he won’t take care of you.”
Pablo Javkin is the acting mayor of Rosario.
Like Messi, Antonela comes from the Argentine city of Rosario. The two met through a friend who is also Antonela’s cousin. They got together in 2007. At that time Antonela was studying dentistry. A year later, the couple made the relationship public. The wedding then took place in 2017 at their hometown casino.