Lionel Messi is one of the greatest footballers ever to have appeared on the planet earth.

That fact was recently proven when Messi took charge and scored a hat-trick to help Argentina make it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia.

Aside from his football talent, Messi has a natural instinct of making people love him, hence his show of a complete family man.

The Argentine who already has two sons with wife Antonella is expecting a third. But don’t wait till that birth to see the family side of Messi.

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Here are cute and lovely photos showing Messi is already a family man.

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