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| Messi, 30, and Roccuzzo, 29, met when the player was nine years old. |
ROSARIO, ARGENTINA: Lionel Messi said "I do" to childhood sweetheart and mother of their two children Antonella Roccuzo on Friday in his Argentine hometown Rosario where footballers and celebrities gathered for the "wedding of the century."
Following the private ceremony, the couple appeared happy and relaxed as they walked a red carpet before hundreds of journalists at a hotel and casino complex, Roccuzzo donning a tight, mermaid-style gown by Spanish designer Rosa Clara.
The couple's children Thiago, four, and Mateo, one, had front seats at the ceremony attended by some 260 guests, including Shakira and her husband, Messi's teammate Gerard Pique, and numerous footballers such as Messi's Barcelona strike partners Neymar, Suarez, Former Barca and current Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas was in attendance, along with Argentina and Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero.
The party was to be a respite for Messi from his legal woes after his appeal was rejected by a Spanish court.
How they met:
Messi and Roccuzzo live in Barcelona where he plays, but still return regularly to Rosario for vacations.
He moved to Spain when he was 13 to join FC Barcelona the couple kept in touch.
Messi has gone on to win the top Ballon d'Or award five times and is widely regarded as the world's best footballer.
But various old friends of the couple in their home city said the bride and groom are humble folk who have never forgotten where they come from.
"They are the love of each other's lives," Messi's childhood friend Diego Vallejos told AFP.
The couple insisted that instead of gift they did prefer donations so as to give to a children's charity.
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