Lionel Messi’s wife Antonella Roccuzzo reveals that their third child will be another BOY

The happy couple already have two sons, five-year-old Thiago and two-year-old Mateo, and soon it will be a family of five

Posted Saturday, November 04, 2017 by Thesun.co.uk

LIONEL MESSI'S stunning wife Antonella Roccuzzo has let slip the sex of the new child she is expecting - and it’s another boy.

The Argentinian beauty confirmed she was pregnant last month with an Instagram photo showing her husband and their two sons touching her stomach alongside the caption: “Family of 5. Blessed.”

Lionel Messi’s wife Antonella Roccuzzo reveals that their third child will be another BOY
Antonella Roccuzzo shared this cute photo of her with Lionel Messi and their children on Instagram

The world was left guessing whether the couple’s third child would be a boy or a girl.

Antonella, 29, who married the Barcelona striker in a glitzy wedding in their home city of Rosario on June 30, ended the wait by appearing to blunder with a birthday message for their eldest son Thiago, who they call Thiagui.

Writing on social media with a touching message to mark his fifth birthday, she said in Spanish: “Happy Birthday Thiagui. Five years old. How big you are my love. I hope you’re always this happy.

"We love you to where the rockets fly.”

Lionel Messi’s wife Antonella Roccuzzo reveals that their third child will be another BOY
Lionel Messi may have been shocked to find out his wife used social media to reveal the sex of her unborn child

Lionel Messi’s wife Antonella Roccuzzo reveals that their third child will be another BOY
Antonella Roccuzzo revealed last month that she and husband Lionel Messi are expecting their third child

Alongside a picture of the youngster smiling for the camera as he stood on a swing, she finished the message with the long hashtag - referring to the couple’s other son Mateo as Matu: #papimamimatuytuhnitoencamino #nopodemosamartemas.

Argentinian papers immediately seized on the message as proof the child on its way was another boy.

The hashtag sentence in Spanish translates into English as “Daddy and Mummy, Matu And Your Little Brother on the way, we cannot possibly love you any more.”

Antonella used the shortened form of the word ‘Hermanito’ - Little Brother - at the end of the message rather than Hermanita meaning Little Sister.

Social media users also picked up on the significance of the message, seen by most people as an unintended slip rather than deliberate confirmation of the sex of the unborn child.

One, writing on Antonella’s Instagram, said: “It’s a boy.”
Antonella, Messi’s childhood sweetheart, announced she was expecting again on October 15 - Mother’s Day in Argentina.

The footballer was given permission to miss training to to attend the birth of his eldest son on November 2, 2012.

He wrote afterwards on Facebook: “I am the happiest man in the world.”

Mateo was born on September 11 2015, also in Barcelona.

Lionel Messi was pipped to be named best player in the world this year by Cristiano Ronaldo