Lionel Messi drops his young boys to school. See the cute photo!

Messi with sons Thiago (left) and Mateo

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is spending his time off from football with family and seems to be enjoying his parental duties. Yesterday, he dropped his sons, Thiago and Mateo to school on their first day.

Messi, who was not included in the Argentina squad to face Guatemala and Colombia in upcoming matches, posted this picture (left) on his Instagram account with his sons.

A casually dressed Messi, in shorts and a t-shirt, drew a lot of appreciation from online fans. The post received 3,250,500-plus likes within a matter of a few hours.

Messi's account was flooded with messages of appreciation for his boys and him. "The best in the world. Plus best daddy," wrote one user. "The kids are so cute," wrote another. A third added: "Leo, your sons are the simply the best."

Lionel Messi's son Thiago. Pics/ Messi's Instagram

Here are some of the other comments posted by users -

team_comic_bruh: Messi you have always been my favorite soccer player. I've been soccer for 5 years because you
reembalushi12: So cute
amingo_boy: My hero
tsss.jonny: I would kill to be that f'''''g car in the background.

Lionel Messi's son Mateo. Pics/ Messi's Instagram

Lionel Messi recently spoke about his 'rival' Cristiano Ronaldo and discussed his move to Juventus. Lionel Messi did admit that he was shocked when Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid. Lionel Messi also believes that this transfer could see Real Madrid face dark days ahead.

I was surprised, I didn't imagine him leaving Madrid or that he would go to Juve because there was talk of many clubs [interested]. The truth is I was surprised but Juve are also a very good team," Messi told Catalunya Radio.

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