‘Good morning!’ Lionel Messi cuddles World Cup trophy in bed after arriving back in Argentina for parade

Marc Mayo20 December 2022

Lionel Messi woke up alongside the trophy of his dreams on Tuesday morning after lifting the World Cup with Argentina.

The superstar, 35, posed with the iconic solid-gold trophy in bed for an Instagram posted captioned: “Good morning!”

As well as snoozing with the World Cup, Messi smiled for the camera before casually cradling it as he enjoyed his morning tea.

The Argentina squad landed in Buenos Aires in the early hours of Tuesday after flying back from Qatar via Rome. They were greeted by a mass of fans and enjoyed a bus parade from the airport.

“I want to be in Argentina to see how crazy it is,” Messi said before leaving Qatar on Monday. “I want them to wait for me, I can’t wait to go there and enjoy it with them.”

At 3pm GMT today, they will celebrate their triumph at the Obelisk in the centre of the city having claimed their third World Cup and first since Diego Maradona’s triumph in 1986.

A huge crowd is expected after Argentina declared Tuesday a national holiday.

Messi’s teammate, Paulo Dybala, commented on the post: “Beautiful morning, right?!”

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in