Lionel Messi recently revealed about his family in an interview with TyC Sports, and it surprised many of his and Barcelona fans.

Lionel Messi had an interview with Tyc Sports while he was focusing with the Argentina team to prepare for the campaign to conquer the throne at the 2019 Copa America taking place in Brazil.

Mateo is a fan of Real Madrid.

In his interview, the Barcelona captain made interesting revelations that his third son Mateo is a true Real Madrid fan and sometimes he wants to play for the teams that beat Barcelona. in this season.

“Mateo loves football very much, he even has a collection of jerseys.”-Messi said-

But when my boy and I play football at home, he often likes to play for teams that have beaten Barcelona: “Dad, I’m Barcelona, ​​I’m from Liverpool, I beat you.” After the Copa Del Rey final, too, when we lost to Valencia, my son came home and said , “I’m from Valencia and I’ll beat you to win the cup.” –According to Tyc Sports-

“More specifically, my son is a Real Madrid fan. He often celebrates when he sees Real score to annoy his older brother, Thiago.”

Messi and his small family.

These are quite interesting shares from Messi and he is not the first player to have such an ironic situation, when his son is a fan of the rival team. Previously, Cristiano Ronaldo also revealed that his eldest son Ronaldo Jr.’s main idol is Lionel Messi – who is considered Ronaldo’s rival in every arena.

Currently, Lionel Messi is focusing with the Argentina team to have the best preparation for the opening match of the Copa America on June 16, where they will meet a very difficult opponent, Colombia, in the opening match. army.

For the Barceloa star personally, this is a very important tournament for him and Messi wants to conquer the 2019 Copa America after he and the Tango team had to sadly win the runner-up position in two seasons. Most recently, they lost to Chile in the final.