In the run-up to the start of the Copa América, Lionel Messi gave a streaming interview where he expressed his desire to get to know the imposing Iguazu Falls, one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, shared between Argentina and Brazil.
The soccer star recalled that in 2022 his wife Antonella and his children had the opportunity to tour the Iguazú National Park, but he could not accompany them due to their sporting commitments. “I would love to know the Falls, a typical place for us and I didn’t visit it, I would like to go,” confessed the captain of the Argentine National Team.
Recalling his wife and children’s visit to the Iguazú Falls, Messi expressed his desire to relive that experience in the company of his loved ones. “A few years ago Antonella was with the kids and I couldn’t be there. I would like to go back to them,” concluded the crack from the city of Rosario.
“Traveling through that is something pending that I have,” Messi said about Iguazú National Park. In turn, the 10th said that when he hangs the booties he will have “exty time” to make pending trips.
It should be remembered that in October 2022, Antonella and her 3 children toured the Iguazú National Park. On the occasion, the rosarina posted a story where she showed one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
Messi supported the Iguazú Falls in the contest
When the Iguazu Falls were nominated to be one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, Lionel Messi recorded two videos asking for the vote for the Falls, a tourist destination shared between Argentina and Brazil. In the first, he calls on Argentines to “win the World of Wonders,” and for this he specifically asks his compatriots to send an sms with the word Cataratas to 5656, the number enabled in the country to receive the telephone votes.
In the second video, aimed at his fans from all over the planet, Barcelona’s greatest star at that time, he asked everyone to vote for the Iguazu Falls as one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, while a text at the bottom of the image indicated the web addresses where to vote for the only Argentine destination that was contesting in the final, after having surpassed more than 400 candidates who started the competition.
There were only 5 days left until the closing of the New 7 Natural Wonders of the World contest, organized by New7wonders.
To achieve the goal, in Argentina you had to send the word “cataracts” to 5656 as many times as you want. Around the world, it was voted for the Iguazu Falls at www.new7wonders.com
The contest closed on November 11, 2011, at 11 a.m., 11 minutes, when the 7 destinations that were transformed into the New 7 Wonders of Nature were announced. In addition to the Iguazu Falls, the Table Mountain in South Africa; the island of Jeju in South Korea; the island of Komodo in Indonesia; the Amazon River throughout South America; the underground river of Puerto Princesa in the Philippines and the Bay of Ha Long in Vietnam were chosen.