Leo Messi bids farewell to his father with a moving letter: “I don’t know how to keep going”
The footballer casts doubt on the future of his career and reveals that he tried to extend Argentina's participation in the World Cup to the final so that his father, who died on Saturday, could recover and travel to the United States.
Lionel Messi publicly bid farewell to his father, Jorge, on Wednesday, who passed away on Saturday morning in Rosario, through a heart-wrenching letter he published on his Instagram account. In the text, the Argentine soccer player shares the intimacy of the conversations he had with his family before and during the 2026 World Cup, to the point where he tried to extend the Albiceleste's participation until the final of the tournament, which he effectively played against Spain, so that his father could recover and travel to see him play in person at the stadium, as he had done in the previous five World Cups.
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