Before the friendly match between the national teams of Argentina and Italy scheduled for Friday, the portal "Goal" dug up an interesting fact.
It is written that if events had unfolded slightly differently in the past, one of the greatest players of all time, Lionel Messi, could have represented the "blue" team.
The full name of the star with Italian roots is Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini.
His great-grandfather left his homeland in 1883 and moved to live in the city of Rosario.
However, unlike the Spanish or Argentine football federations, the Italian football federation never took steps to convince the sniper to wear the national team's kit.
