Lionel Messi’s son Thiago writes a message to his father ahead of his last shot at World Cup glory

Lionel Messi’s son wrote the striker a letter insulting England ahead of today’s World Cup final.

Messi’s Argentina will take on France as the striker battles to lift the Jules Rimet trophy for the first time in his last World Cup.

However, the 35-year-old man’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, shared an image on social media of the letter written by the duo’s son, Thiago, which quotes the Argentine song ‘Muchachos’, addressed to England for the War of the Falklands.

Lionel Messi’s son Thiago wrote a letter to his father ahead of the World Cup final today.

Thiago (second from the right) included words from the ‘Muchachos’ chant, which points to England

‘I was born in Argentina, land of Diego [Maradona] and Lionel’, begins the letter, written in Spanish.

roughly through Clarion, continues: ‘Of the Malvinas children that I will never forget. I can’t explain it to you because you won’t understand. We lost the finals, for how many years I cried for her, but that ended in the Maracana, the final with the brazuqas, dad won it again.

“Guys, now we are excited again, I want to win the third, I want to be world champion, and we can see Diego from the sky, with Don Diego and La Tota, cheering on Lionel.”

Messi’s family has been in Qatar and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo shared the letter on her Instagram account

The song recently became the country’s most popular song on Spotify after a video of Messi’s team singing the song during the World Cup went viral.

Video surfaced of jubilant Argentine players removing their jerseys as they mocked Brazil and England in the song after they defeated Croatia in the World Cup semi-final last Tuesday.

The lyrics include a line that reads ‘Ingleses putos de Malvinas no me olvido’, which roughly translates to ‘F***ing English in the Falklands, I don’t give’.

The word ‘putos’ to describe the English often has homophobic connotations and can also mean cowards, while the Malvinas are known by their Spanish name ‘Las Malvinas’.

Argentina reached the World Cup final and will play today with France in Messi’s last match in the tournament

Defender Nicolás Otamendi shared images of the team’s celebrations on his Instagram Stories after the 3-0 win on Tuesday night. The team will play France in the World Cup final on Sunday.

Argentina’s teammates, including Manchester United’s Lisandro Martínez and two-time Manchester City goalscorer Julián Álvarez, joined in the insulting chant.

Argentina still claims sovereignty over the Falklands despite being a British Overseas Territory since 1833, and the islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain part of the UK.

But Argentina claims it acquired the Falklands from Spain in 1816 before Britain asserted its dominance.

In 1982, the archipelago was invaded by Argentine forces who were repulsed in a ten-week war ordered by Margaret Thatcher and the islands returned to British control.