In Pics: Lionel Messi & Antonella Roccuzzo’s Dream Wedding

Congratulations to the couple!

Newlyweds Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo pose for photographers after tying the knot in Rosario, Argentina, June 30, 2017. 

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Football and showbiz stars gathered in northern Argentina over this weekend for the Latin American celebrity’s wedding bash. Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi married his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo on 30 June.

Messi, 30, grew up in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood in Rosario along with two brothers and a sister. Messi and Roccuzzo are childhood friends, and stayed in touch after he left to play soccer in Spain at age 13. They eventually started a romantic relationship in the late 2000s.

Here are some pictures from the wedding.

About 250 guests, including teammates and former teammates of the Barcelona star, attended the highly anticipated ceremony. (Photo: AP) 

Newlyweds Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo.

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Argentine soccer player Ezequiel “Pocho” Lavezzi and girlfriend Yanina Screpante pose camera on the red carpet as they arrive for the wedding.(Photo: AP) 

Carles Puyol and girlfriend Vanessa Lorenzo. (Photo: AP) 

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero and his girlfriend Karina Tejeda.(Photo: AP)

Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas and girlfriend Daniella Semaan.(Photo: AP) 

Barcelona FC player Xavier Hernandez, right, poses for a photo with his wife Nuria Cunillera. (Photo: AP)

(With inputs from AP)