Andres Guardado Carries His Son To Meet Lionel Messi And He’s The Nicest Guy Ever

The son of Mexico World Cup star Andrés Guardado captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands on social media after a clip of him assembly his idol, Lionel Messi, was seen hundreds of thousands of occasions.

It was mom, Sandra, who initially posted the clip of son, Máximo, to her Instagram web page again in 2018, the place it gained practically 15,000 likes and 50,000 views in 15 hours, earlier than going viral on Twitter.

Following a second half 5-0 thumping from Barcelona, the Actual Betis midfielder is seen carrying his son alongside the dressing room hall of the Benito Villamarín stadium to fulfill the Argentinian legend.

Messi gave the impression to be more than pleased to pose for the snap, as Máximo grinned all through as he was handed into the arms of the Barcelona frontman, greeting him with a playful high-five.

Betis performed out a goalless first half in Seville earlier than Barcelona turned it on after halftime, a objective from Rakitić and a brace from Messi and Suárez settled the affair.

Versatile midfielder Guardado has had stints at Deportivo La Coruna, Valencia and PSV earlier than settling at Actual Betis.

The winger as soon as famously mentioned the next about Lionel Messi: “Messi is a benchmark in world soccer, for me he’s the most effective in historical past and will probably be a delight to inform my grandchildren that I lived within the time of Leo Messi:

“Probably the greatest issues soccer has given me, how might or not it’s that I’ve 20 photographs with Messi and I shouldn’t have the ball in any of them.”

Guardado is Mexico’s second most capped participant in historical past, with 152, and featured closely for El Tri on the 2018 World Cup, beginning each recreation.

He was an integral a part of the Mexico aspect that surprised Germany and the world as they gained 1-0 in opposition to the defending champions of their opening recreation. What a second.