北京时间12月19日凌晨，卡塔尔世界杯决赛落下帷幕，阿根廷在点球大战中战胜法国，捧得2022年世界杯冠军。梅西带着潘帕斯草原的雄鹰们，终于举起他们阔别已久的大力神金杯。这一刻，他们等了36年！梅西的职业生涯从此没有遗憾，一战封神，超越贝利和马拉多纳，成为当之无愧的新一代球王！但球王下一个举动，就喂了全世界一嘴狗粮。他乖乖拿起手机为老婆拍照，百炼钢化为绕指柔！我不允许还有人不知道这个现代足坛爱情佳话，梅西在30岁时娶了自己在9岁时爱上的女孩。就是这个昨晚最幸福的女人，江湖人称“安妞”的安东内拉·罗库索（Antonella Rocuzzo）。After the win, Roccuzzo shared several adorable pictures of the family celebrating."I don't even know how to start," she wrote in the gallery caption. "What a great pride we feel for you @leomessi Thank you for teaching us to never give up, that we have to fight it until the end IT WAS FINALLY DONE YOU ARE A WORLD CHAMPION, we know what you suffered for so many years, what you wanted to achieve this!!!"
获胜后，安东内拉·罗库索分享了几张全家庆祝的可爱照片，并这样写道：“我甚至都不知道从哪里说起，为你感到非常自豪@梅西，感谢你让我们学会永不放弃。我们必须战斗到最后。现在你终于成为了世界冠军，我们知道这些年你受了哪些苦，也知道你想要实现的目标。”谁曾想到，一代“球王”风光的背后是无数艰辛，小时候的梅西曾差点因为一种疾病，再也无法在绿茵场上奔跑......
1987年，利昂内尔·梅西出生于阿根廷圣菲省罗萨里奥的一个工人阶级家庭。四岁时，梅西加入由父亲豪尔赫·梅西执教的业余足球俱乐部格兰多利 。It was here, in 1991, that Messi’s grandmother Celia convinced a reluctant coach named Salvador Aparicio to put him on their team, despite being younger and much smaller than his opponents.1991年，正是在这里，梅西的祖母西莉亚说服了一位名叫萨尔瓦多·阿帕里西奥的教练，让小梅西加入他们的球队，尽管他比对手年轻，身材也小得多。The young boy scored two goals in the match and Aparicio was stunned, telling Celia: “They couldn’t shake him! He is like a flea you can’t get rid of!”小梅西在比赛中进了两个球，阿帕里西奥都惊呆了，他告诉西莉亚: “他们根本拦不住他！他就像一只无法摆脱的跳蚤！”That nickname would eventually follow him all the way to Barcelona, where it perfectly described the player’s ability to match his taller opponents in challenges, and dribble past the most burly defenders.这个绰号最终伴随着他一路走到了巴塞罗那，在那里，它完美地描述了这名球员在挑战赛中与身材高大的对手相抗衡，以及运球越过最强壮的防守球员的能力。Two years later, aged six, left-footed Messi joined his favourite club, Newell’s Old Boys.His coach at Newell’s, Gabriel Digeralamo, remembers: “He was gifted like no one boy I have ever seen.两年后，六岁的梅西，惯用脚是左脚，加入了他最喜欢的俱乐部纽维尔老男孩。他在纽维尔的教练 Gabriel Digeralamo回忆道: “他是我见过的最有天赋的孩子。”But, aged 11, his career looked like it would be over before it had even begun, when he was diagnosed with a rare growth hormone deficiency.但11岁那年，他被诊断出患有一种罕见的生长激素缺乏症，他的职业生涯似乎还没有开始就已经结束了。生长激素缺乏症是一种生长发育障碍性疾病，由脑垂体前叶生长激素分泌的减少或缺乏所致。对儿童而言，它最大的危害之一就是导致矮小。13岁的梅西身高只有1米4，经过医生检查才发现得了生长激素缺乏症。
His family’s insurance covered the treatment for two years but Newell’s, who initially said they would pay for it, reneged on their promise.他的家人的健康保险金只能承担两年的治疗费用，起初纽维尔老男孩最初同意为梅西支付这笔费用，但最终却食言了。The £1,200-a-month cost was far more than his parents, father Jorge and mother Celia – a factory worker and cleaner – could afford.每月1200美元的开销远远超出了他的父母、父亲豪尔赫和母亲西莉亚(一名工厂工人和清洁工)的负担能力。The answer lay in Barcelona. Jorge got a job in the city, then arranged a trial for his son with the Catalan giants.答案就在巴塞罗那。豪尔赫在该市找到了一份工作，然后为他的儿子安排了一次加泰罗尼亚巨人队的试训。First-team director Carles Rexach immediately wanted to sign him but the board was sceptical about taking on a foreign player at such a young age. He convinced them and offered to sign Messi and take care of his treatment.一队经理卡莱斯·雷克萨奇立即想签下他，但董事会对接受一名如此年轻的外国球员持怀疑态度。他说服了他们，并提出签下梅西并负责他的治疗费用。The lad’s first year was tough, as fellow players often isolated him.在球队的第一年，其他球员经常孤立他，这个小伙子过得很艰难。But once again, Messi won them and fans over with his brilliance. In his first full season with the youth team, after completing his growth hormone treatment aged 14, he scored 36 goals as the team won the league, Spanish and Catalan Cups.但是，梅西再一次用他的才华征服了他们和球迷。在他14岁完成生长激素治疗后，在青年队的第一个完整赛季，他踢进了36个球，球队赢得了西甲联赛、西班牙和加泰罗尼亚杯。In 2004 he was called up to the senior team, with French team-mate Ludovic Giuly remembering: “Messi was only 16 but he destroyed us all in a training session.2004年，他被召入成年队，法国队友Ludovic Giuly回忆道。"梅西当时只有16岁，但他在一次训练中踢得我们心服口服。“They were kicking him all over the place to avoid being ridiculed by this kid but he didn’t say anything. He just kept on playing. He would dribble past four players and score a goal.”“他们粗暴地拦他，以免被这个孩子嘲笑，但他什么都没说，只是继续比赛。他运过四名球员，然后进了球。”Messi played his first official match against city rivals Espanyol at 17, signing his first contract as a senior player on his 18th birthday.梅西在17岁时参加了他与皇家西班牙人足球俱乐部的第一场正式比赛，在他18岁生日时签署了他作为高级球员的第一份合同。Under coach Pep Guardiola, now in charge of Manchester City, Messi blossomed into one of the greatest players ever.在现任曼城主教练瓜迪奥拉的带领下，梅西逐渐成长为史上最伟大的球员之一。At the Nou Camp, he won 10 La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four Champions Leagues. He holds the record for the most goals in La Liga, as well as a record seven Ballon d’Or awards.在诺坎普，他赢得了10个西甲冠军，7个国王杯冠军和4个欧冠冠军。他保持着西甲进球最多的记录，以及创纪录的七次金球奖。之前网上流传过一张动图，梅西跟美女模特合照，拘谨到秒变“黄金矿工”，让不少球迷捧腹大笑。这大概是因为这个害羞腼腆的男人把所有的爱都给了妻子安东内拉·罗库索。这位顶级球星，结婚时的名言就是：“我拿过很多冠军，但所有的荣誉都比不过我终于娶到了喜欢了21年的女孩”。
Messi first met Roccuzzo when he was 5 years old in their native Argentina. Despite a sweet friendship, the professional athlete left home at age 13 to pursue his soccer training in Spain.
梅西5岁时在他们的家乡阿根廷第一次遇到了安东内拉。尽管有一段甜蜜的友谊，但这位职业运动员在13岁时离开了家，到西班牙继续他的足球训练。
They eventually reconnected in 2005 after Messi found out that the model’s best friend had died in a fatal car accident. The Paris Saint-Germain F.C. athlete flew back to his hometown to comfort Roccuzzo, nearly four years before they publicly confirmed their romance.
2005年，在梅西发现安东内拉的好朋友在一场致命的车祸中去世后，他们恢复了联络。这位巴黎圣日耳曼足球俱乐部的运动员飞回他的家乡安慰安东内拉，四年后，他们公开了恋情。
Messi proposed in 2010, two years before welcoming son Thiago. The couple — who also share sons Mateo, born in 2015, and Ciro, born in 2018 —wed in July 2017 in their hometown of Rosario, Argentina.
梅西在2010年求婚，两年后迎来了儿子蒂亚戈。这对夫妇还有一个儿子马特奥(2015年出生)和西罗(2018年出生)，他们于2017年7月在他们的家乡阿根廷罗萨里奥结婚。
“That he chose his city, to choose Rosario to come to marry, to bring his companions of Barcelona and other guests to discover the city that saw him grow … it’s just who Leo is,” Messi’s former coach Enrique Domínguez told CNN at the time.
梅西的前教练恩里克Domínguez当时告诉CNN:“他选择了自己的家乡，选择了在罗萨里奥结婚，带着他在巴塞罗那的同伴和其他客人来到这个见证他成长的城市……这就是梅西。”
“A guy with affection, with memory, a grateful guy because being who he is, he could have been married in the best place in the world.”
“一个有感情，充满回忆，懂得感恩的人，因为他本来可以选择在世界上最好的地方结婚。
有了孩子后的梅西，更是变成了幸福奶爸。
“You grow and you learn. You gather experience in all aspects of life, on and off the field,” the Ballon d’Or winner told Marca in 2019 of fatherhood. “But, as a human being, having three children changed my perspective on life, my way of thinking and it also helped me grow.”
“你一直在成长，一直在学习。你会在生活的各个方面积累经验，不管是在球场上和球场下”，这位金球奖得主在2019年告诉《马卡报》为人父的感触。“但是，作为一个人，有三个孩子改变了我对生活的看法，我的思维方式，它也帮助我成长。”
He added at the time: “Even though there are few moments of respite at home with three kids, [Antonela and I] try to enjoy every second with them, whether it is watching the TV, playing or whatever. We like to stay at home and enjoy these moments.”
他当时还说。“尽管在家里带着三个孩子很少有喘息的机会，但（安东内拉和我）努力享受与他们在一起的每一秒钟，无论是看电视、玩耍还是做其他事。我们喜欢呆在家里，享受这些时刻。”
夺冠后，他紧紧地把儿子们搂在怀里的画面，也让人很感动。
The sweet moment was captured on camera, with Messi on his knees enthusiastically embracing his sons with a big smile on his face. The boys wrapped their arms around him while wearing purple jerseys with their father's name and number (10) on the back.
这个甜蜜的时刻被摄像机记录了下来，梅西跪在地上热情地拥抱着他的儿子们，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。男孩们抱着他，穿着紫色的球衣，背后写着他们父亲的名字和号码(10)。
此前，梅西就说过，“这很可能是我最后一次参加世界杯。”Following the win, Messi – who initially announced in October that he would retire following the World Cup – told reporters that he has reversed his decision.赢得比赛后，梅西告诉记者，他已经改变了自己的决定。梅西最初在10月份宣布将在世界杯后退役。"I will not retire," he said, per The Independent Times. "I want to continue playing as a champion."据《独立报》报道，他说:“我还不会退休。”“我想以冠军的身份继续比赛。”阿根廷诗人博尔赫斯曾说：“任何命运，无论如何漫长复杂，实际上只反映于一个瞬间：人们大彻大悟自己究竟是谁的瞬间。”祝贺梅西，祝贺他终于追上了心中那个完美的自己。命运不会辜负每一位真正热爱到极致的人。flea / fliː / n.跳蚤
dribble / ˈdrɪbl / v.运球; 带球，流（口水），垂（涎）；滴下，细流
hormone / ˈhɔːməʊn / n.激素，荷尔蒙
ridicule / ˈrɪdɪkjuːl / n/v.嘲笑，奚落
initially / ɪˈnɪʃəli / adv.开始，最初
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