Kolkata, Sep 2: Antonella Roccuzzo, the childhood sweetheart of Argentina football star Lionel Messi, called up on Friday morning to wish him good luck for debut match as regular national captain against Venezualean team.
Channel 10, a Bengali TV channel which bagged the right to broadcast the historic friendly football match in the sub-continent, in a programme said that Roccuzzo wished him and also told him to score in the game.
Roccuzzo, an Argentine beauty queen and model was born in Messi's hometown Rosario in the South American nation.
The match which is to be played at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan (YBK), the world's second largest stadium by capacity of 1.20 lakh, is hosting the first ever international football friendly in the country. Many Celebrities and Messies fans from various fields across the country are expected to witness the historic match.