The moment Argentina defeated France and won the 2022 World Cup, Lionel Messi officially entered the temple of the greatest players in world football history. In the burst of joy over the victory, in addition to moments of joy with teammates, people also saw the moment the superstar wearing the number 10 shirt shared happiness with his small family.
Accordingly, his beautiful wife and three sons, Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro, were also present to cheer on Messi and the Argentina team. The family of five together saved beautiful images of the Argentinian superstar’s most glorious moments. But few people know that, in addition to three handsome sons, Thiago, Mateo, Ciro, and Lionel Messi, there is also Another godson is Benjamin Aguero – the most famous boy in tango.
Benjamin Aguero is known by football fans as “the golden boy in the reincarnated village” because his father is the famous striker Kun Aguero, who is also Messi’s confidant, and his grandfather is Diego Maradona – a football monument. in Argentina.
Benjamin Aguero is the crystallization of the beautiful love between Kun Aguero and Gianinna – the daughter of “Golden Boy” Diego Maradona. In 2003, when Benjamin was born, the Argentine superstar accepted to be the boy’s godfather. However, in 2012, the former Man City striker and his wife Gianinna went their separate ways after 4 years of living together, leaving their son in a situation where he was sometimes with his mother and sometimes with his father. Later, the boy’s mother agreed to let Benjamin go to England to live with Aguero in the hope that her son would have the best conditions for development.
Born into a family of football superstars, Benjamin Aguero is also expected to continue the professional football career of his father and grandfather. Currently, Benjamin Aguero is 13 years old, the small boy has grown tall and very handsome. Goat page revealed that currently, Benjamin has joined Argentine club Tigre and has participated in 2 training sessions with this club. The former Man City striker also said that his son wanted to try out at Tigre Club because his best friend also practiced there. Benjamin practiced and was accepted into the team. The boy also works very hard to become a professional player.
From videos shared by his father Sergio Aguero, Goat believes that Benjamin has all the qualities to become a top striker. Although he hopes his son can follow in his career, Kun Aguero shared that he will not force Benjamin to inherit the family tradition if he does not like it, but only hopes that his son will practice hard.
“If he really wants to play football because he loves football, that’s great. However, if he doesn’t care and just participates as a hobby, I also support that,” Kun Aguero said.
Recently at the 2022 World Cup, Benjamin also followed his father to Qatar to cheer for the home team players. After the match between Argentina and Croatia, Benjamin was the boy who was given football pants by Messi’s adoptive father. Accordingly, after awarding the title of Best Player of the Match and sharing a happy moment with his close friend, Kun Aguero asked for Messi’s pants from the match to bring back as a gift according to his wish. Benjamin’s son.
Accordingly, Benjamin always wanted a souvenir that his godfather wore while on the field. Messi also did not hesitate to “take off” his pants and give them to his son. The image of Benjamin smiling brightly next to his “foster father’s” still muddy fighting shorts was later shared by Kun Aguero on social networks, attracting the attention of fans.
Many people believe that Benjamin Aguero may not be old enough to understand the burdens and fully feel the glory that his two fathers had in their careers. But the boy certainly has enough talent to compete with legends like them in the future. Even his grandfather Diego Maradona expected great things from preschoolers like Benjamin and Thiago.
“One of us will have to play in the midfield position. I think Thiago will play the captain’s role, and my Benjamin will play in the striker position,” legendary Maradona said in 2012.
With the current efforts of future seedlings, fans can completely believe in such a beautiful prospect in the future. Who knows, in the coming years, Argentina may have new stars to continue conquering the dream of winning the World Cup championship.
(Summary: Sportskeeda, Thesun, Goal)
