Messi takes kids to meet Santa to cap a good weekend

Sports Desk: Lionel Messi may have helped Barcelona beat fierce La Liga foes Real Madrid but he was solely focused on his family on Christmas Eve - taking them to visit Santa in his grotto.

The player many say is the best footballer in the history of the game took time out with his young family on Sunday after grabbing a vital penalty to hand Zinedene Zidane's side a crushing 3-0 at the Bernabeu earlier in the weekend.

The 30-year-old posted a picture of him with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo and their kids Thiago and Mateo meeting Father Christmas on his personal Instagram account. The post was so popular it attracted nearly a million likes in under an hour.

Devoted family man Messi posted 'Feliz navidad para todos' which means Happy Christmas to you all.

It appears even Santa is a Messi fan as he had a Barca shirt with the number 25 - the little Argentine's digits - hanging on the wall behind him.

Messi's wife Antonella - who he married in the summer after they first met each other when they were children - announced in October they were expecting a third child.

The trip caps another good year for the diminutive Barca maestro as Saturday 'Classico' victory sees the Nou Camp giants lead La Liga by nine points from their traditional rivals.

Source: dailymail.co.uk



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