“He Wants to Say Hi” – Soccer Legend Lionel Messi and Wife Antonella Roccuzzo’s Fandom for Ed Sheeran Had the $200 Million Singer in Disbelief

Soccer has one of the biggest fan pools out of all the sports in the world. Everyone knows the sport and has played it at least once. The game is so popular that two top followed accounts on Instagram belong to soccer players. Cristiano Ronaldo has a whopping 514 million followers, and his arch-rival Lionel Messi is sitting at 388 million. With a vast fan following like these legends, it is possible to have a well-known fan. While both Messi and Ronaldo have an entourage of celebrity fans, we hardly get to know who these stars are a fan of. 

About a year ago, people came to know that Lionel Messi likes pop music, and also how he met one of his favorite artists.

When Ed Sheeran met Lionel Messi

While talking about his gig with PSG and a picture with Lionel Messi, Ed Sheeran revealed several insights about the star player.

He said, “…so I knew that he was… well his wife is a really big fan… and I guess he listens to my music through her but they tried to come to a couple of gigs so that’s why… when I went to watch the game they said afterward, he wants to say hi and it wasn’t like… I’d known that he’d been trying to come.”

He continued: “I did a gig two days before and they were trying to come to that… so it sort of made sense, but yeah, man, he is like an incredible player.“

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While talking about the match, he added, “He actually scored his first goal for PSG that night.. so it was an amazing evening to see a stadium erupt. I’ve never seen… I go to a lot of football in England… The Paris Saint-Germain fans are crazy.“

Argentina’s World Cup 2022 journey

Lionel Messi is playing in his last World Cup and fans are praying for him to win the glory. Argentina’s campaign started with a shocker. A team that was among the potential winners started the tournament with a loss against Saudi Arabia. Although they won both of their remaining group stage matches 2-0 and topped the table.

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The South American giants started their knockout stage by beating Australia 2-1. Then, in a very close match, they ended up being at 2-2. An amazing performance by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez later, they won and came to the semi-finals. Now, they beat Croatia 3-0 in the semis and have qualified for the final of the competition.