Football legend Lionel Messi has gifted his signed jersey to Zeeva Dhoni, daughter of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Messi’s team Argentina won the 2022 World Cup title. In the final, Argentina’s team defeated France 4–2 in a penalty shootout. Messi has scored seven goals in this World Cup. This is Messi’s first World Cup title.
Dhoni’s wife Sakshi Dhoni shared a photo on her Instagram wearing Ziva Dhoni’s jersey. This jersey is signed by Messi. Ziva is looking at Messi’s signature. Giving the caption of this, Sakshi has written – Like father like daughter. However, he did not say whether it was sent to him by Messi or given during the meeting.
Dhoni big fan of football
Dhoni’s football love is not hidden from anyone. He is a big fan of football and he himself has been a footballer. Before joining cricket, his first love was football and he was the goalkeeper of his school team. When Dhoni was the captain of Team India, he always included football in team practice. Apart from this, he is also seen playing football many times when he gets a chance.
Messi has scored 16 goals in the World Cup so far
Messi received the World Cup Golden Ball award for the second time. However, the Golden Boot went to Kylian Mbappe of France, who scored 8 goals in the tournament. Messi scored 2 goals in the final. He has so far played 26 matches in the World Cup, in which he has managed to score 16 goals. Of these, 12 were field goals and 4 were scored from penalties. He scored one goal for Argentina in 2006. In his second World Cup in 2010, he failed to score a single goal. In 2014 he scored 4 goals. In 2018 he scored 1 goal. In his fifth World Cup, he scored 7 goals for Argentina.