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Lionel Messi is among the greatest players of all time. The player has enjoyed a spectrum of success in his soccer career and has garnered immense fame and success. Even today, the player continues to get his name in the headlines. Thanks to his stellar soccer career, he has written his name into the history books.

The player has an immense fan base thanks to his greatness on the pitch. He has even been called the magician of soccer. While the world is in awe of his soccer sorcery, it seems his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, is a fan of another magician.

Antonella Roccuzzo is a huge Potterhead

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While Messi continues to be the magician on the soccer field, Harry Potter continues to win the hearts of people in the movies. The movie has left many netizens in awe of the whole series, as they call themselves Potterheads. The whole concept has dazzled Messi’s wife, Antonella.

It is being said that the 35-year-old’s wife is a huge Potterhead. She even has a themed tattoo on her arm, a golden snitch. It has basically been featured in the series, where the item is used in the fictional sport of Quidditch.

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In fact, the Potter madness doesn’t stop here, as the latter’s wife even had a Harry Potter-themed photoshoot for her kids a few years ago. In fact, she is quite thorough with each and every part of Potter’s books and movies. It is quite interesting to hear how big a Harry Potter fan Antonella is. However, she needs to hear the fact that his own husband has been labeled as the Harry Potter of soccer.

Lionel Messi tagged as ‘Harry Potter of Soccer’

The world is aware of the soccer antics that Messi exhibits. His playing style has earned him the label of GOAT or even given him legendary status. But one journalist seems to have been impressed by the PSG so much that he labeled Messi as the Harry Potter of soccer.

This goes back to 2021, during an emphatic Champions League clash between Barcelona and Juventus. Messi led his side to a thrilling victory as he assisted Dembele for the opening goal and later converted the goal from the spot.

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His performance took the famous journalist, Christian Vieri, over the moon, who heaped praise on the former Barcelona man. “An amazing Barcelona, there was no game. They could’ve scored six, seven goals easy. They played fantastic,” he said.

“Messi is a magician, he’s the Harry Potter of soccer and when he stops playing, I’m throwing my TVs away. I’m not going to work no more on TV, I’m going to watch Netflix, that’s it, because when he stops there’s nothing else to watch.”

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The former Juventus player was quite impressed with Messi, who couldn’t stop talking about the Argentine. Either way, do you agree with Christian Vieri’s words? Let us know in the comments.