Photo Of Lionel Messi's Golden Boots Goes Viral, Here's What Is Special About Them

The golden pair of specially customised boots has the birth dates of his sons. The right boot has details of his sons- Thiago and Mateo.

Footballer Lionel Messi is a legend in the sporting world and one of the greatest goal scorers in football history. He is currently playing the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar as the captain of Argentina. Recently, a picture of his playing boots has gone viral on social media and the internet is all hearts.

The official handle of Champions League took to Instagram to share the picture. They captioned it as, "Messi's World Cup boots." One can notice the golden pair of specially customised boots with the birth dates of his sons. The right boot has details of his sons- Thiago and Mateo. It reads "Thiago 02 11 12 and Mateo 11 09 15", signifying the birth date of Thiago as November 2, 2012 and Mateo's date of birth as September 11, 2015. 

According to other pictures shared online, the left boot mentions the date of birth of his youngest boy, Ciro, who was born on March 10, 2018. It also shows a shortened version of his wife Antonella's name 'Anto'.