The Argentine soccer player commented on a photograph of the former Brazilian athlete on his Instagram account.

The Argentine soccer player commented on a photograph of the former Brazilian athlete on his Instagram account.

In recent days, former Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, known in the sports world as Ronaldinho Gaúcho, published a photograph on his Instagram account with which he informed his followers about the end of his vacation. Likewise, he noted that he would soon reveal what projects he is currently working on: “No more vacations (…). Time to get to work lol I will announce the next chapters of this adventure soon!,” he wrote.4

The photograph with which Ronaldinho accompanied his message was one of his years at Barcelona FC in which he is seen wearing training clothes, in what appears to be one of the Spanish team’s headquarters.

Although the photograph added more than a million likes and more than 7,000 comments, there was one message that stood out among them all as it was from one of his former Barca teammates. This is the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, current world champion, who responded to the publication with a rather nostalgic and unexpected comment.

“What photo! Those walks from the locker room to the Masía field drinking coffee. Hahaha,” wrote the man from Rosario in reference to the moments experienced in the past. As is known, La Masía is the Catalan entity’s program in which figures such as Messi and Gavi participated, and where the future stars of the team are trained.

The story of Messi and Ronaldinho

According to reviews in the sports press, when Leo joined Barcelona he was Ronaldinho’s protégé, this when the Brazilian was considered Barcelona’s greatest idol and the Argentine a rising star. Both Messi and Gaúcho played four seasons together at Barcelona until the 2008-09 season when the Brazilian left for AC Milan.