The mother of Argentine legend and former Barcelona player Lionel Messi, Célia Maria Cuccittini, has reacted to a journalist after Argentina defeated the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The last game of the day, the second quarterfinal of the World Cup, ended in a 2-2 draw at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail, and Spanish referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz had to be stern on his decisions to maintain discipline on the turf.
Lionel Messi, Argentina’s captain, demonstrated his skill in the 35th minute when he provided a direct assist to Nahuel Molina, who scored the game’s opening goal.
Lionel Messi scored from a spot-kick in the 73rd minute of the game to give his side a two-goal lead after Seville’s left-back, Marcos Javier Acuña, was brought down inside the penalty box.
Wout Weghorst, on loan from Burnley, scored two dramatic goals for the Netherlands in the 83rd and 101st minutes, extending the game to extra time and then penalty kicks.
The Argentines qualified on penalty kicks at 4-3, and Messi converted his second penalty kick after the captain of the Dutch, Virgil van Dijk, had missed the first.
The ever-researched team of editors at www.atspo.com can reveal that Messi’s 9th official MOTM award at the FIFA World Cup last Friday night against the Netherlands was the most of any player since the award’s inception in 2002; Cristiano Ronaldo and Arjen Robben have won it 7 and 6, respectively.
Lionel Messi’s mother, a celebrity mother, was at the Lusail Stadium watching his son, Lionel Messi, who found an angle that did not appear to exist for Argentina to score the first goal and be named the match’s official MOTM.
Célia Maria Cuccittini, the manager of Lionel Messi’s humanitarian foundation, the Leo Messi Foundation, was forced to respond to a journalist’s question after the game.
The journalist asked Messi’s mother, “Are you aware that your son is a genius?” and Leo Messi’s mother, Célia, said, “Yes, but they all are! The truth is that this is a great team that deserves to be champions. May God enlighten us. We can see clearly where Messi’s humility comes from; it’s family!”
