A Non-Sports Fan's Look at Lionel Messi's Relationship With Antonela Roccuzzo
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Emma Specter
Summary
A personal, first-person column exploring Lionel Messi's relationship with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo, written from the perspective of a self-described non-sports fan who appreciates the stability and normalcy of their long-term romance. The article touches on Messi's 2009 interview where he confirmed having a girlfriend back in Argentina, framing their relationship as a wholesome celebrity couple story.
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Love is a many-splendored thing, especially when you're gawking at it from the outside.
I am, to put it mildly, not a sports person and never have been—I was more of a 'sitting on the sidelines, making daisy chains while the rest of your softball team screams at you at the top of their lungs' kind of third grader
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